A Necessary Kindness: Stories From the Frontline of Abortion Care

Juno Carey left her job as a midwife in 2015 and found work in an abortion clinic. In this book, she shares the stories of the patients she helps, revealing the misunderstood world of abortion clinics and dealing with the complex issue with gentle compassion and bold conviction.

Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 07 March 2024
Publisher: Atlantic Books

A frank, comprehensive, and often moving book, "A Necessary Kindness" offers a powerful insider account that opens a door into a long-hidden world in which secrecy and shame have been weaponized against women for far too long. Written by Juno Carey, a midwife who left her job in 2015, burnt out, frustrated, and seeking a better way to deliver care to women, the book provides an unflinching insight into the reality of abortion.

In 2015, Juno Carey left her job as a midwife, burnt out, frustrated, and looking for a better way to deliver care to women. And then she found work that she loves, that brings her satisfaction and the knowledge of helping women, directly and fundamentally, every day.

Working in an abortion clinic is not easy, but it is a necessary kindness. Juno's work changes and even saves lives. In this book, she shares the stories of the patients she helps there, young and old, single and married, vulnerable and stoical. She cares for women who are already mothers, women who have had to travel to the UK to get help, and those who face unimaginable trauma.

Urgent, illuminating, and deeply human, "A Necessary Kindness" reveals the misunderstood world of abortion clinics and deals with a complex issue around which there is still too much taboo and too little understanding with gentle compassion and bold conviction. These are the stories we need to share, the conversations we need to be having, and the rights we need to protect.

Weight: 430g
Dimension: 224 x 146 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781805460411
Edition number: Main