Join us for lively discussions about issues of reproductive choice. Each book promises to bring up thought-provoking topics, and we invite you to be a part of these conversations.

To join the book club or to RSVP for one of the next meetings, contact Pem at pem@prochoicemass.org or 617-556-8800 x14.

 

 

 

Wednesday, June 11 ~ 6:00-7:15pm
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts office
15 Court Square, Suite 900, Boston, MA 02108
* Pizza will be provided *

 

 

 

By Kenneth C. Edelin, MD

 

Broken Justice is a true story about Dr. Ken Edelin, a young, black doctor who arrived in Boston in 1971 to do his residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Boston City Hospital. In April 1974 he was three months away from completing his residency when he was indicted on a charge of manslaughter by a secret Grand Jury. The indictment concerned an abortion he had performed on a 17-year old girl, and the alleged victim washer aborted fetus. The indictment was sought by an overzealous, anti-abortion prosecutor and because of the racial, political and religious climate which existed in Boston the indictment received national and international attention.

 

In January of 1975 his sensational six week trial began before a jury which was all white, predominantly male and overwhelmingly Catholic. The dynamic confluences of race, sex and revenge played out in a Boston courtroom. The book reveals, for the first time, the maneuverings and conflicts which went on behind the scenes during the time leading up to the trial and during the trial itself.

View a list of the books we've discussed and descriptions about them.