You or Someone You Love, Hannah Matthews
You or Someone You Love, Hannah Matthews
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You or Someone You Love
Reflections from an Abortion Doula

Author: Hannah Matthews

Narrator: Hannah Matthews

Unabridged: 9 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/02/2023


Synopsis

Named an ALA 2024 Feminist Rise Book Project Winner * Glamour Best Nonfiction Book of 2023 * theSkimm Favorite Book of Summer 2023 * NPR Science Friday Best Science Book of Summer 2023

An eye-opening, transformative, and actionable journey through radical and compassionate community abortion care and support work: what it looks like, how each and every one of us can practice and incorporate it into our daily lives, and what we can imagine and build together in a post-Roe v. Wade United States.

Abortion touches all of our lives. While statistically nearly everyone knows someone who will receive an abortion in their lifetime, limiting narratives flatten our understanding and assumptions around abortion, while stigma and criminalization stifle discussion. What we lack are the language and tools to provide care and support to all of the members of our communities who receive abortions, before, during, and after them.

Now, Hannah Matthews—abortion care worker, doula, journalist and essayist, and reproductive rights advocate—breathes depth and nuance into the oversimplified narratives surrounding abortion, presenting an accessible guide to the emotional and physical realities of providing and supporting abortion care for our own communities. Featuring stories of real abortion experiences, including Matthews’s own, You or Someone You Love offers a glimpse into the stunningly diverse landscape of abortion care across gender, race, and class lines, while illustrating how we can better support and protect the people who seek abortion in a country that increasingly promotes secrecy and shame.

About Hannah Matthews

Hannah Matthews is an abortion doula and funder, clinic worker, hotline counselor, and writer. Her writing has appeared in ElleEsquire, Teen VogueMcSweeney’s, Time, and other publications. She lives in Maine with her family. More information can be found at HannahMatthews.me.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kade on May 18, 2023

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. Thank you NetGalley. You or Someone You Love is a memoir by an abortion doula. The basis of this book is to bring light and awareness to abortion care, which is so very important. There are personal stories of abortions featured in this......more

Goodreads review by Claire on October 04, 2023

Beautiful, challenging, delicate, powerful, compassionate, poignant, empathetic, nuanced - this book is everything needed when speaking about a topic that brings much division and conflict. This book is deeply human, and I think it’s one everyone should read with an open mind. Bring your questions a......more

Goodreads review by emma charlton on March 04, 2024

This book is great for abortion activists and cautious supporters alike. There's a good balance of Matthews' personal abortion experience, people for whom she's been a doula through their abortion, and factual information about abortion experiences and abortion centers. I'd definitely recommend for......more

Goodreads review by Katelyn on November 24, 2024

This book really challenged me and educated in ways I didn’t know I needed. Matthews provided a wide range of topics to discuss abortion through, from indigenous herbal methods, to a faith based point of view, to the transgender experience and ableism. It was all very eye opening and all inclusive;......more


Quotes

"Full of affirmation and validation, the audiobook is made all the more real by Matthews’s heartfelt humor and steady vocal presence. For Matthews, abortion is a part of sex. It’s integral. It’s queer, survival, community, parenthood, and more—it touches nearly all areas of our lives. Drawing on research, interviews, data, and memoir, Matthews doubles down on her unwavering commitment to choice, to inclusion, to language, and to abortion care. It’s nothing short of admirable."