Profound stories of third-trimester abortion care, told by an ob-gyn hailed as “a hero of the abortion field” (Diana Greene Foster, author of A compassionate perspective on late-term abortion that challenges preconceived notions of who gets abortions and why Within both the anti-abortion and pro-choice movements, third-trimester abortion is often stigmatized and misunderstood. For 20 years, Dr. Shelley Sella saw patients whose diverse backgrounds and circumstances led them to the same difficult decision: to end their pregnancies. Now, interweaving her own journey as a provider, Dr. Sella invites readers into a typical week at her clinic to demystify the experience. She shares the stories of people like Clarissa , a mother of 2 whose third suffered a massive stroke in utero with no chance of recovery Mary , a devoted Catholic whose fourth round of IVF offered a late-in-life chance at motherhood, only to be dashed by anomalous test results Laura , a mother to 4 already whose bruised arms tell a painful story, one she couldn’t bring herself to write a fifth child into <Beyond Limits< is not just a testament to a standard of care grounded in competence, compassion, and sensitivity. It is also a call for a paradigm shift that moves beyond <Dobbs<, beyond <Roe<, beyond limits to provide care. And it is a tribute to the real people whose hearts, reasons, and stories are more complex than politicized conversations about abortion lead us to believe.

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Shelley Sella, MD

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*"Beyond Limits is moving, personal, insightful, and powerfully written. This book helps us to see people who seek abortions with clarity and compassion, as people in the real world, rather than as the objects of an abstract moral or political debate."—Diana Greene Foster, author of The Turnaway Study*

A compassionate perspective on late-term abortion that challenges preconceived notions of who gets abortions and why**

Within both the anti-abortion and pro-choice movements, third-trimester abortion is often stigmatized and misunderstood. For 20 years, Dr. Shelley Sella saw patients whose diverse backgrounds and circumstances led them to the same difficult decision: to end their pregnancies.

Now, interweaving her own journey as a provider, Dr. Sella invites readers into a typical week at her clinic to demystify the experience. She shares the stories of people like

• Clarissa, a mother of 2 whose third suffered a massive stroke in utero with no chance of recovery
• Mary, a devoted Catholic whose fourth round of IVF offered a late-in-life chance at motherhood, only to be dashed by anomalous test results

• Laura, a mother to 4 already whose bruised arms tell a painful story, one she couldn’t bring herself to write a fifth child into
  Beyond Limits is not just a testament to a standard of care grounded in competence, compassion, and sensitivity. It is also a call for a paradigm shift that moves beyond Dobbs, beyond Roe, beyond limits to provide care. And it is a tribute to the real people whose hearts, reasons, and stories are more complex than politicized conversations about abortion lead us to believe.

  Inhalt
  Foreword
  Author’s Note
  Introduction

  PART ONE

  CHAPTER 1
  Tuesday Morning, Fetal Indications

  CHAPTER 2
  New York: 1960s–1970s

  CHAPTER 3
  Tuesday Morning, Maternal Indications

  CHAPTER 4
  California: 1970s–2000s

  CHAPTER 5
  Tuesday Afternoon

  CHAPTER 6
  Kansas: 2000s

  CHAPTER 7
  Wednesday

  CHAPTER 8
  The Death of Dr. George R. Tiller: May 31, 2009

  CHAPTER 9
  Thursday

  CHAPTER 10
  New Mexico: 2000s

  CHAPTER 11
  Friday

  CHAPTER 12
  Beyond Friday

  PART TWO

  CHAPTER 13
  Fetal Indications

  CHAPTER 14
  Maternal Indications

  CHAPTER 15
  Adoption and Safe Haven Laws

  CHAPTER 16
  Endings

  Epilogue
  Acknowledgments
  Notes