Life's Work: A Moral Argument for Choice

He is the recipient of Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger Award, an honor also bestowed upon Hillary Clinton and Jane Fonda, and appeared on Ebony’s Power 100 list. . He has been featured widely for his work, including in Slate, Jezebel, Cosmopolitan, NPR’s Morning Edition, Salon, and more. Parker in Esquire sparked national interest in 2014, he is now the subject of Trap

"Brilliant" according to audrey garrett. Willie Parker articulately relates the reality of pregnancy related conundrums and lays out a cogent and moral argument for the right to choose. He does not mince words. I particularly liked the incorporation of the Good Samaritan.. Margaret R Punch said For every one.. A must read.. Dr Parker has an incredible way with words. His Dr Parker has an incredible way with words. His story telling is outstanding and has a very very poetic way of making his point and carrying the reader along for the ride.

In revealing his daily battle against mandatory waiting periods and bogus rules, Dr. Parker’s book is a beacon of hope and a call to action” (Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood).. Willie Parker tells a deeply personal and thought-provoking narrative that illuminates the complex societal, political, religious, and personal realities of abortion in the United States from the unique perspective of someone who performs them and defends the right to do so every day. “At a moment when reproductive health and rights are under attack…Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., he realized that in order to be a true Christian, he must show compassion for all people at all times. In Life’s Work, Dr. He thereafter traded in his private practice and his penthouse apartment in Hawaii for the life of an itinerant

Parker’s account of his journey will serve as a much-needed source of renewed inspiration, as this beleaguered field faces new challenges in the Trump era.” (Carole Joffe, author, Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients and the Rest of Us; professor, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California, San Francisco.)“Dr. Willie Parker, that you learn first not about him, but the women he serves as patients. At a moment when reproductive health and rights are under attack like never before, Dr. This book will change lives."   (Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America) "It says something deep about Life's Work and its author, Dr. Parker’s story is a wonderful account of how his belief and faith in both God and in humanity has led him to provide abortion: a medical service that is chastised by so