Critic Reviews

Ultimately, Reversing Roe is a productive contribution to its ever-growing genre because it sharply dissects the process by which abortion soured from a private medical issue to a public political one.

It’s less interested in rendering a verdict on the morality of abortion than it is in tracing the increasing politicization of the issue.

[A] solid, straightforward history of abortion rights in America.

The takeaway of Reversing Roe is that Stern and Sundberg are issuing a warning, one backed by a grim timeline, forcefully presented, that makes it all too clear what’s at stake if a landmark ruling on women’s rights is overturned.