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“Throughout Liberating Abortion, a range of difficult, nuanced conversations coexist with surprising humor and levity, small but impactful jokes sprinkled throughout, colorful and intimate details about abortion stories and experiences. Even as the book reckons with the gravity of our post-Roe reality and all its uncertain terrain, Bracey Sherman and Mahone manage to write with a pervading tone of optimism—even joy.” — Kylie Cheung, Jezebel

“Bracey Sherman and Mahone offer a more complete history of abortion in the book, which includes many of the women of color who were so critical to the movement but whose names were erased by whitewashed media tropes and racist arbiters of history.” — Alanna Vagianos, HuffPost

Renee Bracey Sherman writes for LitHub about the urgent need for reproductive justice and what it will take to liberate abortion for us all.

Ms. sat down with Renee Bracey Sherman to discuss her new book, Liberating Abortion, the history of abortion and where we go from here.

Ahead of the book event at the Harvard Bookstore, Cambridge Day interviewed Renee Bracey Sherman about LIBERATING ABORTION.

What would a progressive vision of reproductive justice look like instead? As part of a new initiative at YES! called Progress 2025, Renee Bracey Sherman answers that question in conversation with YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali.

Shannon Watts interviews Renee Bracey Sherman about LIBERATING ABORTION and what we need to do next to protect and expand access for all.

Abortion Access Front recommends LIBERATING ABORTION in their Bust weekly column.

“By laying plain the relationship between abortion and racism, activist Renee Bracey Sherman and journalist Regina Mahone offer an invaluable perspective, rigorous research and invigorating interviews of Black women who have fought for abortion rights throughout history.” — Ms Magazine

Hyperallergic recommends readers check out the LIBERATING ABORTION excerpt about Sakinah Ahad Shannon, an activist who provided abortion services geared toward Black women in Chicago before Roe v. Wade, which appeared in The Nation Magazine.

“By dispelling myths that have long surrounded abortion, Bracey Sherman is hoping that her book, alongside the work of We Testify, will offer a more thoughtful understanding of it. Recently, I spoke with Bracey Sherman about her budding archive of abortion stories and how she sees abortion coverage as having evolved over time. Our conversation has been edited for length and clarity.”

Renee Bracey Sherman joined Democracy Now to discuss JD Vance's plan to force women into the trad wife aesthetic and how it connects to abortion history.

Regina Mahone joins The Nation’s See How They Run podcast to discuss the upcoming election and how abortion factors into it all.

Renee Bracey Sherman talks to FEMINIST about feminism, the power of abortion storytelling, and what it will take to liberate abortion.

Award-winning reproductive rights activist Bracey Sherman and journalist Mahone (hosts of the podcast The A Files) offer a multifaceted work that seeks to create a new foundation for people to make choices about their bodies, health, and reproductive rights while revealing the ways abortion regulations are designed to control the lives of people of color and perpetuate racist stereotypes.

“Despite everything we know about abortion, myths persist. So when our brilliant podcast collaborators Renee Bracey Sherman and Regina Mahone, announced that they were writing a book about the past, present, and future of abortion, it only made sense to slap that pre-order button faster than you can say dilation and curettage.”

LIBERATING ABORTION is listed as one of The Next Big Idea Club’s Must Reads.

Renee Bracey Sherman spoke with The Cut about why abortion storytelling remains urgent under Trump 2.0 and what people may want to consider when weighing going public with their experiences.