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  • Essay / Exploring the Politics of Abortion in “The Doctor’s Wife”

    “Hanging fluorescent lights move in the wind, squeaking lightly on their hinges. He knows he's paranoid. He comes with the territory, they told him when he started at the clinic, and he was more than willing to take it…” (Brundage, 9). In the novel, Michael is kidnapped while leaving the women's clinic where he works. Many obstetrician-gynecologists sometimes perform abortions at Planned Parenthood clinics without asking for payment because they simply want to help women who really need it. These doctors and nurses do not deserve the group of protesters chanting slogans outside of what is supposed to be a safe place for