Recommended Reading

Books that MERJ leadership has read for our Book Club are *starred* in this list.
Feel free to contact us with recommendations!

*Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty (Dorothy Roberts, 1997)*

*Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win (Jessica Valenti, 2024)*

*Comics for Choice (ed. Newlevant, Taylor, and Fox, 2023)*

*Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion (Gabrielle Blair, 2022)*

*You’re the Only One I’ve Told: The Stories Behind Abortion (Dr. Meera Shah, 2020)*

*Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organizing for Reproductive Justice (Jael Silliman, Marlene Gerber Fried, Loretta Ross, & Elena Gutiérrez, 2016)*

*Reproductive Justice: An Introduction (Loretta Ross & Rickie Solinger, 2017)*

A Complicated Choice: Making Space for Grief and Healing in the Pro-Choice Movement (Katey Zeh, 2022)

Just Get on the Pill: The Uneven Burden of Reproductive Politics (Krystale E. Littlejohn, 2021)

New Handbook for a Post-Roe America: The Complete Guide to Abortion Legality, Access, and Practical Support (Robin Marty, 2021)

The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having—or Being Denied—an Abortion (Diana Greene Foster, 2021)

Choice Words: Writers on Abortion (ed. Annie Finch, 2020)

Obstacle Course: The Everyday Struggle to get an Abortion in America (David S. Cohen & Carole Joffe, 2020)

My Body, My Choice (Robin Stevenson, 2019)

Reproductive Rights and Wrongs (Betsy Hartmann, 2016)

How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America: Freedom, Politics and the War on Sex (Cristina Page, 2006)

Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights (Katha Pollitt, 2015)

Reproductive Justice: The Politics of Health Care for Native American Women (Barbara Gurr, 2014)

Reproductive Justice Briefing Book: A Primer on Reproductive Justice and Social Change (82 pages online - 46 separate writings)

These authors have all spoken powerfully on the topic of reproductive rights and reproductive justice.