Bodies on the Line: At the Front Lines of the Fight to Protect Abortion in America

by Lauren Rankin Counterpoint LLC 04/11/2023, paperback SKU: 9781640095915 As the courts betray us and our leaders fail us, only we can keep each other safe. In this powerful, empathetic look at abortion clinic escorting, "one of the most under-covered and crucial, lifesaving, rigorous forms of activism out there" (Rebecca Traister, New York Times bestselling author of Good and Mad), Lauren Rankin offers real hope -- and a real call to action for a post-Roe America. Incisive and eye-opening, Bodies on the Line makes a clear case that the right to an abortion is a fundamental part of human dignity. And now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v Wade, the stakes facing us all if that right disappears have never been higher. Clinic escorts -- everyday volunteers who shepherd patients safely inside to receive care -- are fighting on the front lines by replacing hostility with humanity. Prepared to stand up and protect abortion access as they have for decades, even in the face of terr