A cornerstone of the book permeating quietly throughout the narrative is the author's belief that society should manifest love, understanding, and concern for the woman carrying the baby within her womb and, in like manner, for the baby entirely defenseless within that womb. The book gets underway by describing the activities, motions, and experiences during the first nine months for one participant and an exasperating but beautiful nine months for the other. The author then proceeds to examine multiple views regarding the time at which the unborn is recognized as a human being. The various forms of birth control are explained with special attention reserved for the abortifacient potential residing in the birth control pill. The two primary forms of abortion are described in detail. The author then explains the difference between a woman's power to abort and the right to abort. The history of abortion within American jurisprudence follows with special emphasis on Roe v Wade and its demise. In the author's view, our Nation's history of constantly changing legal mechanisms and political decision-making led to the existing labyrinth of divergent opinion and unpredictable complexity. While we dither, the precious, defenseless, and unborn die in massive numbers. We must seek a new path. And therefore, a suggested pathway with multiple provisions comprises the final two chapters of the book and reflects the entire purpose of this narrative, i.e., to save those entirely unable to save themselves.
