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[From Back Alley to the Border] effectively challenges readers to consider how legal and social frameworks come together to constrict people's reproductive autonomy both in the past and in the present. -Natalie Lira, California History Well-written and accessible to students, this book bears ample witness to the fact that although access to abortion (legal or illegal) can change drastically through time, the desperate need for the service does not. -A. H. Koblitz, Choice Gutierrez-Romine's important book on illegal abortion reminds us that those who have historically been labelled as 'criminals' cannot-and should not-be understood outside the context of the society and the circumstances in which they lived. -Erin N. Bush, assistant professor of U.S. and digital history at the University of North Georgia Alicia Gutierrez-Romine skillfully walks the reader through the complicated world of criminal abortion and, in the process, reveals how racialized logics, changing family values, and evolving legal frameworks created the post-Roe v. Wade world we inherited. This transnational account offers rich historical context while insightfully illuminating dozens of fascinating individual stories of women's choice-and lack thereof. From Back Alley to the Border is an urgent and eloquently argued contribution to contemporary debates about the value of life, family, and reproductive freedom. -Suzanna Krivulskaya, assistant professor of history at California State University, San Marcos

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Alicia Gutierrez-Romine is an associate professor of history at California State University, San Bernardino.   

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