The Abortion Market: Buying and Selling Access in the Era Before Roe
The Abortion Market: Buying and Selling Access in the Era Before Roe by Katherine J. Parkin
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Book Talk via Zoom
The Abortion Market
Buying and Selling Access
in the Era Before Roe A Zoom Presentation by author Katherine J. Parkin
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 6:30 pm
Before the 1973 landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in the U.S., one million women each year collectively paid more than of $750 million for abortions. In this talk based on her new book of the same name, Katherine Parkin reveals that the abortion market between 1962 and 1972 was an economic force which involved loans, advertising, and travel, as well as the costs of the procedure itself. These funds were organized by women themselves through women’s organizations, social networks, and even within college campuses.
Register for the Zoom link.
Sliding scale admission: $10-20. |
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Dr. Katherine J. Parkin is Professor of History at Monmouth University. Her first two books – Food is Love: Food Advertising & Gender Roles in Modern America (2006) and Women at the Wheel: A Century of Buying, Driving, & Fixing Cars (2018) – both received the Emily Toth Award for the Best Single Work in Women’s Studies in the year published.
Her newest book, The Abortion Market: Buying & Selling Access in the Era Before Roe, considers the role of population control, advertising and marketing, college campuses, and travel for the one million women seeking abortions. |