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In Life s Work, an outspoken, Christian reproductive justice advocate and abortion provider one of the few doctors to provide such services to women in Mississippi and Alabama pulls from his personal and professional journeys as well as the scientific training he received as a doctor to reveal how he came to believe, unequivocally, that helping women in need, without judgment, is precisely the Christian thing to do.Dr Willie Parker grew up in the Deep South, lived in a Christian household, and converted to an even fundamentalist form of Christianity as a young man But upon reading an interpretation of the Good Samaritan in a sermon by Dr Martin Luther King, Jr., he realized that in order to be a true Christian, he must show compassion for all women regardless of their needs In 2009, he stopped practicing obstetrics to focus entirely on providing safe abortions for the women who need help the most often women in poverty and women of color and in the hot bed of the pro choice debate the South He soon thereafter traded in his private practice and his penthouse apartment in Hawaii for the life of an itinerant abortion provider, focusing most recently on women in the Deep South.In Life s Work, Dr Willie Parker tells a deeply personal and thought provoking narrative that illuminates the complex societal, political, religious, and personal realities of abortion in the United States from the unique perspective of someone who performs them and defends the right to do so every day He also looks at how a new wave of anti abortion activism, aimed at making incremental changes in laws and regulations state by state, are slowly chipping away at the rights of women to control their own lives In revealing his daily battle against mandatory waiting periods and bogus rules governing the width of hallways, Dr Parker uncovers the growing number of strings attached to the right to choose and makes a powerful Christian case for championing reproductive rights. Best Read Kindle ePUB Lifes Work by Willie Parker – kino-fada.fr I saw Dr Parker on The Daily Show and was so grateful for his impassioned advocacy of women s rights to agency and choice I look forward to reading this UPDATE I ve finished the book, and I long for EVERYONE to read this book Dr Parker, in a series of essays, tells us about who he is and what his faith has meant to him and how his faith impacted and even initiated his life change to being an abortion provider He discusses science and medicine behind abortion, the history of Christianit I saw Dr...Actually, 3.5 stars..although I disagreed with some of the reasons why people particularly white men are pro life, Dr Parker gives a compelling argument for choice and I don t disagree with him I read the book because Dr Parker is a born again Christian as am I who is also an itinerant doctor performing abortions under the strict letter of the law in 3 southern states In Mississippi, there is only one abortion clinic I wanted to see why he did what he did, as simple as that.I just ca Actually, 3.5 stars..although I disagreed with some of the reasons why people particularly white men are pro life, Dr Parker gives a compelling argument for choice and I don t disagree with him I read the book because Dr Parker is a born again Christian as am I who is also an itinerant doctor performing abortions under the strict letter of the law in 3 southern states In Mississippi, there is only one abortion clinic I wanted to see why he did what he did, as simple as that.I just came away from the book feeling evenstrongly that I was not going to judge individuals on their decisio...I admit that I went into this book totally biased by my admiration of Dr Parker and his work, so maybe on its own it s really a 4 star book But it s amazing and he is a hero and everyone should read it, so 5 I really appreciated how much he opened up about his own faith journey and how he had a change of heart about his practice, but never looked back after the realization was made He talks a lot about his admiration of Martin Luther King, Jr and his desire to live his life in service to ot I admit that I went into this book totally biased by my admiration of Dr Parker and his work, so maybe on its own it s really a 4 star book But it s amazing and he is a hero and everyone should re...PSA Everyone should read this book I knew I d love this book when I read the description Abortion is such a hot button issue and people tend to feel very strongly about it I m no exception It s one of the social issues I care most about because it s so heavily under attack and yet has life long impacts on people s lives I work in social services and see the devastating effects of what happens when women not emotionally capable of raising children are forced to have babies they don t want PSA Everyone should read this book I knew I d love this book when I read the description Abortion is such a hot button issue and people tend to feel very strongly about it I m no exception It s one of the social issues I care most...Approximately one in three women in the United States will have an abortion in her lifetime It could be your sister, your daughter, your wife It could be you Look at your female friends and know that even if they don t speak openly about it, one of them has likely terminated a pregnancy.Abortion is legal in the U.S With so many people wanting the service, clearly it s necessary, but it s not always easy to obtain one With emotionally charged personhood legislation popping up in state govern Approximately one in three women in the United States will have an abortion in her lifetime It could be your sister, your daughter, your wife It could be you Look at your female friends and know that even if they ...It s not often I give a book a one star rating, but this book deserves it I only have so many characters, so this is going to be an abridged review You can find my full review onor on the Life Training Institute blog.Life s Work A Moral Argument for Choice by Dr Willie Parker is a new book defending abortion rights by an African American doctor who is a self proclaimed Christian the reason for the quotes around Christian will become evident below For all the lip service Parker s It s not often I give a book a one star rating, but this book deserves it I only have so many characters, so this is going to be an abridged review You can find my full review onor on the Life Training Institute blog.Life s Work A Moral Argument for Choice by Dr Willie Parker is a new book defending abortion rights by an African American doctor who is a self proclaimed Christian the reason for the quotes around Christian will become evident below For all the lip service Parker says about rationality and wanting to approach the issue rationally, I ve rarely read airrational defense of abortion rights.Doctor Parker is, having grown up a poor black kid with all the struggles that brings with it, adamant about protecting the rights of women by ensuring that they have the right to abortion Unfortunately, what Parker doesn t understand is that by dehumanizing the unborn, he is doing exactly what white people used to do to black slaves, dehumani...With Life s Work A Moral Argument for Choice, Christian reproductive rights advocate and abortion service provider Dr Willie Parker provides an insightful view of the relationship between faith and medical services Early in the book, Parker notes, Experience is what you do with what happens to you, and he builds Life s Work around his experiences as a materially challenged African American growing up in the South in the 1970s By weaving together his own story with theory and practice, he With Life s Work A Moral Argument for Choice, Christian reproductive rights advocate and abortion service provider Dr Willie Parker provides an insightful view of the relationship between faith and medical services Early in the book, Parker notes, Experience is what you do with what happens to you, and he builds Life s Work around his experiences as a materially challenged African American growing up in the South in the 1970s By weaving together his own story with theory and practice, he helps dismantle the stereotypes that surround individuals in need of aborti...The author of this book, a devout Christian who is also an abortion provider and advocate for women s health, has written a book everyone should read I ll loan my copy if you re interested.This is such a controversial issue in America that it is valuable to have a book by someone who is both a Christian and an abortion doctor, so he can talk about both sides and maybe shed some light instead of just makingnoise It would have been nice to hav...I am not religious, but I was really curious to read an argument for choice from a self proclaimed born again Christian and I m very, very glad I did This book is not only deeply moving, but well reasoned and informative even if you think you have a pretty good understanding of how abortion works Initially, I thought the pull quote on the front from Gloria Steinem I wish everyone in America would read this book seemed a little hyperbolic, but after reading it I wholeheartedly agree I am not religious, but I was really curious to read an argument for choice from a self proclaimed born again Christian and I m very, very glad I did This book is not only deeply moving, but well reasoned and informative even if you think you have a pretty good understandi...

Lifes Work
  • English
  • 22 April 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 217 pages
  • 1501151126
  • Willie Parker
  • Lifes Work