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Book Recommendations

Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women

This is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences

Fertility Rules: The Definitive Guide to Male and Female Reproductive Health

Come as You Are: Revised and Updated: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life

Reproductive Justice: An Introduction

An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back

This is How You Vagina: All About Your Vajayjay and Why You Probably Shouldn't Call it That

Pain and Prejudice: How the Medical System Ignores Women--And What We Can Do about It

The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women

The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having--or Being Denied--an Abortion

Screaming On the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood

Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society

You Are a F*cking Awesome Mom

Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body and Spirit

Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World

Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology

Queer Conception: The Complete Fertility Guide for Queer and Trans Parents-To-Be

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Pregnant Then Screwed: The Truth About the Motherhood Penalty

Invisible Visits: Black Middle-Class Women in the American Healthcare System

You're the Only One I've Told: Stories Behind Abortion

Sex Object: A Memoir

Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction and the Meaning of Liberty

Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think about Abortion

Let's Talk About Down There

The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina: Separating the Myth from the Medicine

Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong--and What You Really Need to Know

Period Power: A Manifesto for the Menstrual Movement

The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society

The Doulas: Radical Care for Pregnant People

The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism

The Trying Game: Get Through Fertility Treatment and Get Pregnant Without Losing Your Mind

Vagina: A Re-Education

Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed and Sick

Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage

Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom

The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service

Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters--And How to Get It

Period: The Real Story of Menstruation

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