You Must Stand Up: The Fight for Abortion Rights in Post-Dobbs America

Loveland, Ohio – Loveland Magazine recently started publishing news stories by Loveland native Amanda Becker. In 2024 Becker released a book titled, You Must Stand Up: The Fight for Abortion Rights in Post-Dobbs America.

Chapter 12 is set in Ohio.

Nieman Fellow Amanda Becker provides a real-time portrait of the creative resistance that unfolded in America’s first year without the protections of Roe v. Wade. Amidst daily shifts in health care access, new legal battles coming before partisan courts, and up-for-grabs state constitutions, Becker follows the leaders who rose to meet these challenges – doctors and staffers turning to new financial and medical models to remain open and providing abortions, volunteers who campaigned against antiabortion ballot initiatives, and medical students who fought to learn and provide what can be lifesaving care.

By depicting the splintered reality of post-Dobbs America, and by capturing how Americans have developed new ways to best protect their constitutional rights, Becker ultimately shows how outrage can beget hope, and give rise to a new movement.

“You Must Stand Up documents post-Roe America with care and nuance; it’s a necessary book for anyone who cares about the attacks on our bodies. Amanda Becker’s vivid retelling of on-the-ground activism reminds readers not only of what’s at stake—but what it takes to win.”

—Jessica Valenti, author of New York Times bestseller Sex Object: A Memoir and founder of Abortion, Every Day

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