Mar 27
Deep Care: The Radical Activists Who Provided Abortions, Defied the Law, and Fought to Keep Clinics Open
Join us for a public book talk by Angela Hume, a feminist historian, critic, and poet. Her book Deep Care follows generations of activists and health workers who orbited the Women’s Choice Clinic in Oakland from the early 1970s until 2010, as they worked underground and above ground, in small cells and broad coalitions and across political movements with grit, conviction, and allegiances of great trust to do what they believed needed to be done—despite the law, when required.
Grounded in interviews with activists sharing details of their work for the first time, Deep Care reveals this critical, under-recognized story of the radical edge of the abortion movement. These lessons are more pertinent than ever following the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson decision and the devastation to abortion access nationwide.
This book talk is a part of Post-Roe Reflections, a GWSS lecture series on feminist health activism.