Bodies Under Siege
by Sian Norris (Verso, ISBN 9781839764738) versobooks.com
You’d be forgiven for thinking that today’s attack on abortion rights is rooted in theological beliefs about when human life begins. Sian Norris, in this timely and chillingly relevant investigation, exposes a complex and much more alarming reality.
Going undercover, she attends anti-abortion activist meetings, training events, conferences and social media chat rooms. She finds: ‘There is no longer any possibility of ignoring the link between anti-abortion, the far-right, misogyny and racism.’
The ease with which Roe v Wade was overturned in the US shocked and surprised many around the world. But this book exposes the well-developed strategies by which rights we take for granted are ripped apart,