Book · 2015 · Social Science
Living in the Crosshairs
The Untold Stories of Anti-Abortion Terrorism
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Um, so one of the people who gets interviewed in in Living in the Crosshairs, which is a great book, by the way. It's it's about uh I mean, okay, I don't agree with all of its policy recommendations, but it's a book like interviewing abort like abortion providers about their experiences.
Why people recommend it
Living in the Crosshairs by David S. Cohen and Krysten Connon is a book that explores the experiences of abortion providers facing targeted harassment and violence. Christopher Wong recommended the book on Behind the Bastards as a compelling collection of interviews detailing the daily realities of abortion providers, despite noting that he did not agree with every policy recommendation presented in the text. Wong used the book as a primary source to illustrate the severe intimidation tactics deployed by anti-abortion groups against clinics, patients, and medical staff. He quoted extensively from the work to describe the nature of clinic protests, which included bombings, arson, anthrax scares, and mass blockades. Additionally, Wong shared specific stories from the book regarding the harassment directed at an abortion provider named Rodney Smith, reading excerpts about threatening letters sent to his farm and detailing how Smith responded to verbal abuse from protesters. Through these citations, the podcast highlighted the physical and psychological toll experienced by medical professionals targeted by anti-abortion extremism.
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Christopher Wong Um, so one of the people who gets interviewed in in Living in the Crosshairs, which is a great book, by the… 5
“So, I'm I'm going to read a quote of like what these protests actually look like um from the book Living in the Crosshairs: The Untold Stories of Anti-abortion Terrorism.”
“Um, so one of the people who gets interviewed in in Living in the Crosshairs, which is a great book, by the way. It's it's about uh I mean, okay, I don't agree with all of its policy recommendations, but it's a book like interviewing abort like abortion providers about their experiences.”
“I'm going to I'm going to Yeah, I'm going to read a quote about this from this book. Some Someone mailed a letter postmarked the morning of the fire justifying killing the animals on Rodney's farm because Rodney quote murdered little children.”
“But this guy is like he is staggeringly based. Uh he he this quote from that book again. Uh Rodney is used to this type of verbal abuse and sometimes reacts in kind.”
“And they have, you know, okay, so the I'm I'm going to read another quote from Living in the Crosshairs about the tactics that these groups use because they have they have so many things These tactics include bombings, arson, anthrax scares, and mass blockades.”