BOOKS

Even if you love the web, there's nothing quite like a book. Here are some of our favorites.

Anti-Abortionist at Large: How to argue intelligently about abortion and live to tell about it

by Raymond Dennehy

How a quiet professor of philosophy at USF carried on a four-decade-long defense of the unborn. Both an autobiography and an anecdotal history of the abortion debate since Roe v. Wade. You've got to admire any author who titles his first chapter "No One Ever Accused Me of Being Brilliant." ISBN 155369380-9

The Hand of God: A journey from death to life by the abortion doctor who changed his mind

by Bernard Nathanson, M.D.

Co-founder of the Abortion Rights Action League, Dr. Nathanson helped make abortion legal, and personally performed thousands of abortions. But in the late 1970's, something happened to him—and turned him into a powerful pro-life advocate. ISBN 0-89526-463-3

Persuasive Pro-Life: how to talk about our culture's toughest issue

by Trent Horn

Are you scared to talk about abortion? Don’t worry—almost everyone is. You can overcome this fear, says Trent Horn in this groundbreaking book. With a little knowledge and a few proven techniques, you can become a bold and effective apologist for life. ISBN 978-1941663042

Abortion Rites: a social history of abortion in America

by Marvin Olasky

The past is prologue, they say. If so, we need to know how abortion came to America, what each generation thought of it, and how we got to 1973 and Roe v. Wade. Very well researched. 318 pp. ISBN 089526723-3

Unplanned by Abby Johnson

Amazon.com Retailers' Award Winner, 2012

Abby Johnson quit her job in October 2009. That simple act became a national news story because Abby was the director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas who, after participating in an actual abortion procedure for the first time, walked down the street to join the Coalition for Life.