Krista Jacob

Krista Jacob is the editor of Abortion Under Attack: Women on the Challenges Facing Choice (Seal Press, 2006).

Krista Jacob has a master’s degree in women’s studies from Minnesota State University, Mankato. She worked as an advocate and counselor for victims of rape and domestic violence for over a decade. At the Midwest Health Center for Women, she provide abortion counseling for women and girls, as well as indecision counseling for women coping with unpllanned pregnancies. She is also the editor of Our Choices, Our Lives: Unapologetic Writings on Abortion (iUniverse Star, 2002). She is a fulltime writer and mother of two young sons.

“Abortion Under Attack”: An Interview with Krista Jacob

Krista Jacob

Krista Jacob is the editor of "Abortion Under Attack: Women on the Challenges Facing Choice."

Advocates of a woman's right to choose are losing the battle - in part because those working to protect that right are ignoring a complicated truth: Many people who support legalized abortion do so with differing personal philosophies and varying levels of conviction. Today, young people are better able to grapple with the nuances of emotion and experience about this difficult issue because they've grown up in a post-Roe America.

In her new book "Abortion Under Attack: Women on the Challenges Facing Choice," Krista Jacob has compiled an impressive collection of essays by pro-choice advocates that addresses the spectrum of personal and social influences, ranging from dealing with remorse to the impact that economics, race, and culture have on a woman's right to choose.

She answers questions from Rewire after the jump.