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A reporter and abortion access correspondent investigates the secret killers and hidden motives behind the death of abortion rights. They are going to kill people, investigative reporter for The Nation Amy Littlefield knew when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. After a decade covering abortion, she wanted to understand more deeply the motives, means, and opportunities behind the anti abortion movement's victory. So she set out to investigate the murderers of Roe. Killers of Roe chronicles Littlefield's journey into the unexplored corners of the most successful social movement of our time. As in every good murder mystery, the killers turn out to be the people you least suspect. Plot twists lurk around every corner as Littlefield meets believers, opportunists, and complicated heroes. Along the way, she encounters surprising characters who shed light on how we got to this moment of authoritarian rule: from the former fetus keeper standing trial in Michigan to the antiabortion militant turned long shot presidential candidate. Throughout the book, Littlefield draws upon women's stories and her own experience as a mother to reveal the life-and-death stakes of America's abortion wars. At once clever and poignant reportage, this abortion whodunit uncovers the deeper story of how we lost Roe--and how we will win back so much more.

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""Amy Littlefield is one of the best journalists reporting on abortion and her sleuthing shines in Killers of Roe. Littlefield's curiosity and gumshoe reporting unfolds an interesting cast of characters as she uncovers the complicated questions surrounding the fall of Roe. Killers of Roe is curious and cunning, and a perfect read for true crime readers, cozy mystery aficionados, and reproductive freedom activists alike."" --Renee Bracey Sherman, co-author of Liberating Abortion ""Killers of Roe is not just a compelling whodunit; it's a searing call to arms. With curiosity and compassion, Amy Littlefield takes readers inside the movement that brought down Roe. She brings moments of humor and levity to this serious task and reminds us to forget the suffering the anti-abortion movement's success has produced.""--Mary Ziegler, author of Personhood ""In an electrifying book that reads like a real-life whodunit, Amy Littlefield exposes the secret history of the demise of Roe v. Wade and tracks its deadly impact. Her nuanced, portrait-driven study of the assault on women's reproductive rights and health shows that the end of Roe is just the beginning--unless we act collectively to stop it.""--Katherine Stewart, author of instant New York Times bestseller Money, Lies, God

""Killers of Roe is the true-crime story of our political moment. Amy Littlefield traces the hidden architects and quiet enablers behind the end of Roe v. Wade, revealing how power rearranges itself in plain sight. It's gripping, furious, and deeply human--a story about what was stolen from us, and who's still fighting to get it back.""--Samantha Leach, author of The Elissas ""Killers of Roe offers a vital glimpse into the hidden machinery of power, politics, and abortion. Amy Littlefield's detective work here is searing and necessary.""--Jessica Valenti, New York Times bestselling author of Sex Object and Abortion ""Amy Littlefield connects history, politics, and humanity, showing how power, faith, and control collided to end a fundamental right. Deeply timely and a blueprint for how more rights could dissolve, this is a must-read for the moment.""--Clay Cane, New York Times bestselling author of The Grift ""Amy Littlefield's Killers of Roe is essential reading. Her gripping reporting on the re-criminalization of abortion in the United States exposes, in clear and at times deeply personal prose, how right wing and religious operatives throttled reproductive freedom in the US - often enabled by liberals too willing to compromise. With a keen eye, sharp wit, and a deep well of compassion, she never loses focus on the true victims, those injured and killed by a system that allows, and even celebrates, the denial of care to those in need.""--Amy Goodman, host, Democracy Now! ""Littlefield has written a gripping, must-read investigation into the secret architects and unlikely characters behind America's greatest rollback of rights. Killers of Roe reads like a political thriller, but one with real material harms and life-and-death consequences."" --Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her and All We Want Is Everything ""Amy Littlefield is one of the best journalists reporting on abortion and her sleuthing shines in Killers of Roe. Littlefield's curiosity and gumshoe reporting unfolds an interesting cast of characters as she uncovers the complicated questions surrounding the fall of Roe. Killers of Roe is a perfect read for true crime readers, cozy mystery aficionados, and reproductive freedom activists alike."" --Renee Bracey Sherman, co-author of Liberating Abortion ""Killers of Roe is not just a compelling whodunit; it's a searing call to arms. With curiosity and compassion, Amy Littlefield takes readers inside the movement that brought down Roe. She brings moments of humor and levity to this serious task and reminds us not to forget the suffering the anti-abortion movement's success has produced.""--Mary Ziegler, author of Personhood ""In an electrifying book that reads like a real-life whodunit, Amy Littlefield exposes the secret history of the demise of Roe v. Wade and tracks its deadly impact. Her nuanced, portrait-driven study of the assault on women's reproductive rights and health shows that the end of Roe is just the beginning--unless we act collectively to stop it.""--Katherine Stewart, author of instant New York Times bestseller Money, Lies, and God

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Amy Littlefield has reported on abortion rights for more than a decade. She is the abortion access correspondent for The Nation. She has contributed to The New York Times Opinion section and wrote the Times' Sunday Review cover story ""Where the Pro-Choice Movement Went Wrong."" She is a frequent commentator on abortion for TV and radio news outlets and podcasts, including MSNBC and Democracy Now! Littlefield was a lead reporter and narrator on episodes for Reveal, the national investigative journalism show. She lives in Boston with her family.

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