Author Commentary:
Women’s Media Center: Coronavirus crisis magnifies existing challenges to abortion access, May 7, 2020 (Joffe).
Washington Post: The narrow definition of ‘pro-life’ fuels disregard for lives during covid-19, May 1, 2020 (Cohen w/ Ziegler).
Rewire: Abortion Providers Are Acting as Travel Agents. That’s Wrong, March 25, 2020 (Cohen and Joffe).
Rolling Stone: Anti-Choice Politicians Use Coronavirus Crisis to Deny Abortion Rights, March 25, 2020 (Cohen and Joffe).
Washington Post: No, abortion providers aren’t craven opportunists. They care for their patients, February 26, 2020 (Cohen and Joffe).
Rewire: Anti-Choice Activists Fighting a Losing Battle Against Medication Abortion, October 1, 2019 (Joffe and Cohen).
Washington Post: Supporters of Abortion Rights Should be Energized, not Demoralized, April 29, 2019 (Cohen and Joffe).
The Hill: Title X facilities are already over-regulated (June 12, 2018) (Cohen and Joffe).
Huffington Post: Volunteers Are the Unsung Heroes of Abortion Care, February 6, 2018 (Joffe and Cohen).
Audio Clips
The Michael Slate Show: Carole Joffe and David S. Cohen, March 13, 2020.
Sirius XM: Tell Me Everything, February 26, 2020.
Feminist Coffee Hour Podcast: Episode Forty-Eight: Obstacle Course, February 20, 2020.
Joan Esposito Live (WCPT 820 Chicago): David S. Cohen and Carole Joffe Interview, February 18, 2020.
The Electorette Podcast: Carole Joffe: Author of “Obstacle Course: The Everyday Struggle to Get an Abortion in America,” February 17, 2020.
Good Law, Bad Law Podcast: Abortion Roadblocks: A Conversation with David Cohen, February 14, 2020.
New Books Network Podcast: Obstacle Course: The Everyday Struggle to Get an Abortion in America, February 5, 2020.
Articles
Washington Post: Katha Pollitt, Book Review: The Long Fight for Reproductive Rights Is Only Getting Harder, May 13, 2020.
Book Q&A With Deborah Kalb: Q&A with David S. Cohen and Carole Joffe, May 9, 2020.
In These Times: Jessica Corbett, “An Essential Procedure”: How Abortion Providers Are Persevering Through the Pandemic, April 27, 2020.
Los Angeles Review of Books: Eleanor Bader, Moral Convictions: An Interview with David S. Cohen and Carole Joffe, April 17, 2020.
Mother Jones: Becca Andres, The Network of Abortion Providers in Red States Was Already Delicate. Then Came the Coronavirus, March 31, 2020.
Women’s Law Project: Tara Murtha, Q&A with David S. Cohen about “Obstacle Course,” the New Book on Abortion Access, March 30, 2020.
Huffington Post: Melissa Jeltsen, Texas Moves to Ban Most Abortions During Coronavirus Crisis, March 23, 2020.
New Yorker: Margaret Talbot, Possible Responses to the Major Abortion Case Before the Supreme Court, March 5, 2020.
Alternet: Amanda Marcotte, Why We Already Live in a Post-Roe v. Wade World — And It’s Going to Get Worse, March 4, 2020.
Salon: Amanda Marcotte, Legal Abortion Is Gone for Many Women, but the Problem Is About to Get Exponentially Worse, March 3, 2020.
Rewire: Four Books to Help You Understand the History of Roe v. Wade, March 2, 2020.
Ms. Magazine: The Real Challenges of Exercising the Right to an Abortion — and What You Can Do About It, February 27, 2020.
Mother Jones: Becca Andrews, On the Roe Anniversary, Let’s Consider One Seemingly Obvious Way to Expand Abortion Access, January 22, 2020.
The Guardian: Jessica Glenza, Will 2020 be the year abortion is banned in the U.S.?, January 21, 2020.
Excerpts
Introduction: via the Social Science Research Network
In an ideal world, when you need medical care, a somewhat routine series of events takes place: you discover you need help, make a decision about it, find a provider who can care for you, figure out insurance and payment, go to the provider, and then get the care. Because we don’t live in an ideal world, familiar hurdles—some often insurmountable—such as health care costs, appointment availability, and family and employer support can interfere, but the goal is for care to be driven by a combination of patient choice and evidence-based medicine….
