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My journey as an abortion doctor the storys worth reading for her insiders perspective on the importance of telling the stories of women who have had abortions. The first piece she read was from chapter one and the same piece that was in ms. Susan wicklund is currently considered a single author. A memoir by a doctor who specializes in the contested field of womens. Susan wicklund took her first step toward the front line of the abortion wars when she was in her early 20s, a high school graduate with a few community college credits, working deadend jobs. My journey as an abortion doctor, was cowritten with alan kesselheim and published by. Growing up in workingclass rural wisconsin, susan made the painful decision to have an abortion at a young age. Growing up in working class, rural wisconsin, wicklund had her own painful abortion at a young age. Wicklund chronicles her emotional and dramatic 20year career on. Susan wicklund chronicles her emotional and dramatic twentyyear career on the front lines of the abortion war.
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