Carole Joffe

Carole Joffe is a professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. She is co-author of a forthcoming book, Obstacle Course: The Everyday Struggle to Get an Abortion in America.

A New Day for Abortion Providers?

Carole Joffe

The “new day” that David Bennett dreamed of on January 22, 1973 can only happen if there is a forceful stand by this majority in support of these doctors and against both the violence and legislative persecution that has characterized abortion care in the United States.

What Gun Control Advocates Can Learn from the Anti-Choice Movement

Carole Joffe

Both the current anti-choice movement and a potential gun control movement share the feature of wanting to limit something that is legal but contested. As Robin Marty put it in a recent post, how do we make guns as difficult to get as an abortion?

The Death of Savita Halappanavar: A Tragedy Leading to Long Overdue Change?

Carole Joffe

Hopefully, the tragedy of Savita will, at least, finally spur the Irish government to issue clearer guidelines that the life of the pregnant woman must be privileged over that of her fetus. But if the thousands demonstrating reflect changes already underway in Irish society—including a growing dissatisfaction with the Catholic Church’s influence—perhaps some day Savita Halappanavar will be remembered as the woman whose death was a turning point in the long struggle for the legalization of abortion in Ireland.

Abortion Care Doesn’t Stop Because of Hurricanes

Carole Joffe

It speaks volumes about the current status of abortion care in the United States that Hurricane Sandy’s impact is trivial next to that of a red state legislature.

Contemporary Abortion Politics: Good for the Jews?

Carole Joffe

The policies promoted by anti-choice forces in Congress are not good for any woman, whether Jewish or not. What does all this have to do with the Jews?

“New Life” Trumps “Existing Life” in the Modern Republican Party

Carole Joffe

Thanks to the Akin outburst, the extremist positions taken by anti-choice politicians are now finally becoming more visible to a larger public.

Paul Ryan’s Missing Children and Mitt Romney’s Forbidden Grandchildren

Carole Joffe

Paul Ryan’s relatively small family and Mitt Romney’s quite large one reveal the reproductive minefields for Republican candidates who presumably are expected to show obedience, in their personal lives, to the party’s extremist platform.

The Indomitable Spirit of the Reproductive Health Community: A Pathway to Justice, Liberty, and Freedom

Carole Joffe

In honor of Independence Day, Beacon Broadside asked author Carole Joffe (author of Dispatches from the Abortion Wars) what she'll be celebrating this July 4th.

Physicians Speak Out: A High Profile Call to Arms in the Abortion War

Carole Joffe

While the stigma surrounding abortion within medicine may have lessened since 1973, in society as a whole it has worsened.

From Hate to Love: Why “40 Days of Prayer” is Under Attack by the Christian Right

Carole Joffe

"40 Days of Prayer," an effort by the pro-choice religious organization, Faith Aloud, has become the target of a vitriolic campaign by the Christian right. But Faith Aloud is determined to turn the hatred into love, through ongoing support of women in need of abortion care.

Carole Joffe

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