The A Word is a graphic telling on the history of abortion throughout the world through a feminist perspective. It discusses how global restrictions puts women's lives at risk. I liked that it highlighted various countries and put the spotlight on the people who have fought and continue to fight for legal and safe access to abortion. There is so much taboo surrounding abortion and The A Word details how cultural and religious bias is used to push legislations to ban this medical procedure. It upsetting how laws are becoming more restrictive not just here in the United States, but also in other parts of the world. It's important to keep this conversation going so everyone has access to accurate information (and safe abortions without prosecution!). Besides the content, I enjoyed the illustrations!

Thank you, NetGalley and NYU Press | University of Regina Press, for the ARC.

This book really impressed me, the storytelling and art style was phenomenonal. This book was so well formatted and so informative, it managed to present and explain so much about abortion (the history, the biological method, different types, its protrayal in media and the common discourses surrounding it) in a deeply accessible but informative way, without feeling wrought out or over simplified. I adored the art style, the limited colour palette helped draw the eye along the page, it was a stunning book to look at while it told you some concerning facts about abortion access

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the fact that abortions are controversial is insane. this covered abortion and everything about it so well. it spoke of every type of abortion as well as the timeline of media’s portrayal of abortion (or lack thereof)! i think this was the perfect way to speak about it because i think the visuals of everything would help show what we’re trying to say. i hope that people who are against it read this and realize how much of a necessity it is to have abortions accessible. there were statistics throughout this that were eye opening enough and i hope it’s enough to change at least one person’s mind. i really liked that it touched base on cases and statistics of multiple countries/locations & eras in time!!