Between 19, anti-abortion protesters in the US and Canada committed seven murders, 17 attempted murders, 52 bombings, 180 arson attacks, 100 acid attacks and three kidnappings.
The issue of abortion never entirely leaves the political stage - last month, David Cameron announced his plans to back a vote to reduce the UK time limit for the procedure - but rarely does it reach the levels of hysteria and violence it did in the US in the 1990s, when much of Wicklund's book unfolds. One person well versed in the politicisation of women's choices is Susan Wicklund, author of This Common Secret. In the case of abortion, a culture of silence prevails, owing to a deeply held (and perfectly reasonable) fear among the one in three British women who experience the procedure that an admission might attract condemnation. Teenage mothers are depicted as dumb, feckless drains on the state - as, of course, are single mothers - while older women who decide to start a family are painted as selfish shrews who put career before motherhood. When it comes to our fertility choices, women often seem damned whatever we do. Ready: Why Women Are Embracing a New Later Motherhood
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