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What is Beyond Limits - Stories of Third-Trimester Abortion Care about?
A compassionate perspective on late-term abortion that challenges preconceived notions of who gets abortions and whyWithin both the anti-abortion and pro-choice movements, third-trimester abortion is often stigmatized and misunderstood. For 20 years, Dr. Shelley Sella saw patients whose diverse backgrounds and circumstances led them to the same difficult decision: to end their pregnancies.Now, interweaving her own journey as a provider, Dr. Sella invites readers into a typical week at her clinic to demystify the experience. She shares the stories of people likeClarissa, a mother of 2 whose third suffered a massive stroke in utero with no chance of recoveryMary, a devoted Catholic whose fourth round of IVF offered a late-in-life chance at motherhood, only to be dashed by anomalous test resultsLaura, a mother to 4 already whose bruised arms tell a painful story, one she couldn’t bring herself to write a fifth child intoBeyond Limits is not just a testament to a standard of care grounded in competence, compassion, and sensitivity. It is also a call for a paradigm shift that moves beyond Dobbs, beyond Roe, beyond limits to provide care. And it is a tribute to the real people whose hear
- Author
- Shelley Sella
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Published
- 2025
- Language
- EN
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