For many of us, what we know about so-called abortion travel dates from the story of Sherri Finkbine (now Chessen), which is where Abortion across Borders begins. Finkbine was an Arizona woman who hosted a local version of the children’s television show Romper Room. In 1961, early in her fifth pregnancy, she used sedatives that her…
Shannon Stettner
Shannon Stettner lectures in the Department of Women’s Studies at the University of Waterloo. She edited Without Apology: Writings on Abortion in Canada.