A historian traces the abortion method that changed women's lives before it was legal
In "La Douleur et le Soin," historian Bibia Pavard follows the Karman method, a technique that from the 1960s let women undergo clandestine abortions in far safer conditions, and situates it within a larger history of feminism.
According to Télérama, the book retraces the technical history of the Karman method, a device that from the 1960s onward allowed women to have abortions that remained illegal but were performed under much better conditions than before.
Télérama describes the essay as a wide-ranging inquiry: in following the method's development and spread, historian Bibia Pavard also tells, per the outlet, a major chapter of feminist history.
Télérama calls the book a compelling investigation, though the source material available does not give further details on its structure, publisher, or length.
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