Topic > Exploring the Politics of Abortion in 'The Doctor's Wife'

“Hanging fluorescent lights move in the wind, screeching softly on their hinges. He knows he's paranoid. It comes with the territory, they told him when he started working at the clinic, and he was more than willing to accept it…” (Brundage, 9). In the novel, Michael is kidnapped while leaving the women's clinic where he works. Many gynecologists sometimes perform abortions at Planned Parenthood clinics without asking for payment because they only want to help women who really need it. These doctors and nurses do not deserve the group of protesters chanting outside what should be a safe place