Author

Publication

2006 - Henry Holt and Company, New York, N.Y, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

73,000 words, Guess

Page Count

292 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2005034064
  • LibraryThing701414
  • Goodreads1508659

Classifications

  • DDC363.4609747/97
  • LCCHQ767.5.U5 P735 2006

Description

On October 23, 1998, Buffalo abortion provider Barnett Slepian was killed by a sniper's bullet fired through the kitchen window of his home. Days later, police informed another local doctor, Shalom Press, that they had received a threat warning that he was "next on the list." Within hours the Press household was under federal marshal protection. America's violent struggle over abortion--which had already claimed the lives of five doctors and clinic workers--had come to Buffalo. Press's son combines a retelling of his family's experience with firsthand accounts of protesters arrested outside his father's office, patients who braved the gauntlet of demonstrators, and politicians who attempted to appease both sides. Here we see, as never before, the people behind the absolute convictions that have divided our nation for the past three decades.--From publisher description.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryAbortionAttitudesPhysiciansValue of LifeSocial aspectsLegal Abortion

People

Shalom Press (1940-)

Other Editions

  • Absolute convictionsHenry Holt and Company2006

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