LEADER 05233nam 2200649 450 001 9910796915503321 005 20230807213938.0 010 $a0-19-937757-X 010 $a0-19-937756-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000371601 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary11031220 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001438296 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12627437 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001438296 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11377466 035 $a(PQKB)11789293 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1987678 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1987678 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11031220 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL750645 035 $a(OCoLC)904694362 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000371601 100 $a20150319h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLiving in the crosshairs $ethe untold stories of anti-abortion terrorism /$fDavid S. Cohen and Krysten Connon 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cOxford University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (337 p.) 300 $aIncludes indexes. 311 $a0-19-937755-3 311 $a1-336-19359-X 327 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Seven Stories of Targeted Harassment -- Chapter 2: Where Targeted Harassment of Abortion Providers Occurs -- Chapter 3: Tactics of Targeted Harassment -- Chapter 4: Secondary Targets -- Chapter 5: Providers' Reactions to Targeted Harassment -- Chapter 6: Prevention and Protection -- Chapter 7: Six Stories of Law and Targeted Harassment -- Chapter 8: Legal Responses to Targeted Harassment -- Chapter 9: Legal Reform -- Chapter 10: Why Abortion Providers Continue. 330 $a"Abortion is a legal, common, and safe medical procedure that one in three American women will undergo. Yet ever since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, anti-abortion forces have tried nearly every tactic to eliminate it. Legislative and judicial developments dominate the news, but a troubling and all-too-common phenomenon-targeted vigilante action against individual abortion providers-is missing from the national discussion, only cropping up when a dramatic story like the murder of an abortion provider pushes it to the forefront. Every day, men and women who are associated with abortion care are harassed, threatened, stalked, picketed, sent hate mail, and otherwise terrorized. Those who seek help from the law are sometimes successful, but not always, either because there are insufficient protections built into the law, or because law enforcement officials fail to respond. In Living in the Crosshairs, the voices of these providers are heard for the first time, through extensive interviews that David S. Cohen and Krysten Connon conducted across the country. Abortion providers are targeted at home, at work, or in community spaces; they can be harassed in person or online. Abortion opponents target not only the providers themselves but also may go after their families, neighbors, and others close to them. This kind of targeting happens anywhere in the country, not just in more conservative areas, and can victimize all providers, not just high-profile doctors. For some, being the victim of targeted harassment inspires significant fear and leads to changes in behavior; for others, it has become a normal part of life; and for yet others, it actively strengthens their resolve. The response of law enforcement at the federal, state, and local levels is spotty-though there are some strong laws on the books, especially at the federal level, abortion providers have had mixed experiences when it comes to legal recourse, and effectiveness varies. Drawing on ideas from the interviews, the authors propose several legal and societal reforms that could improve the lives of providers, foremost among them redefining targeted harassment as terrorism rather than protest. Living in the Crosshairs is a rich and humane portrait of women's health professionals who persist in their work despite harassment because they believe in what they are doing. These providers' voices have not been heard in recent debates, leaving the public with a deficient understanding of exactly how abortion is limited in this country, yet their experiences illuminate the truth of the issue and offer us a path to a better policy"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"A chilling expose? of the threats, harassment, and worse that American abortion providers face on a daily basis-and groundbreaking remedies to stop it"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aPro-life movement$zUnited States 606 $aAbortion services$zUnited States 606 $aTerrorism$zUnited States 606 $aHarassment$zUnited States 615 0$aPro-life movement 615 0$aAbortion services 615 0$aTerrorism 615 0$aHarassment 676 $a363.460973 686 $aSOC026000$aSOC046000$aSOC051000$2bisacsh 700 $aCohen$b David S.$f1972-$01563809 701 $aConnon$b Krysten$01563810 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796915503321 996 $aLiving in the crosshairs$93832499 997 $aUNINA