The Abortionist

by Colin Cohen

In the not-too-distant future, where abortion is legal until the 18th year, the mentally-disabled daughter of a pro-life senator discovers an abortionist coming for her just days before achieving personhood, leading to a fast-paced chase through a dangerous city, where friends and foes are indiscernible.

And the aging abortionist, whose sagging career depends on the girl's termination, must struggle not only to find her in time, but to survive himself when a mysterious stranger enters the hunt.

But most of all, he must struggle with his own past.

The Abortionist is part thriller, part Swiftian satire. It is the story of the insatiable desire to live, and one man's unsought chance for redemption.

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Print 199 Pages

Genres: Fiction, Dystopia

201 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 2, 2009

Reviews

[Nicky Cartwright Pashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fairly short read with a storyline similar to a few books and films that I’ve read and seen over the last year ~ one that examines the morality of abortion and the possibility of post-birth termination. Whilst it wasn’t as detailed or thought-provoking as “Unwind” by Neal Shusterman, this was a good read. The hypocrisy of people and society’s negligence of less fortunate citizens is examined … there is a brief but disturbing scene where an old man is being eaten by feral dogs and no-one seems to care other than the young woman whose own life is in danger. There are a couple of fairly predictable twists to the story but I enjoyed the book none the less.

[Verena · Rating 2 out of 5]

A really decent storyline with half-constructed characters and absolutely abysmal grammar. Every fourth sentence should not begin with "and." Someone needs a really good editor.

[Natasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was just... Wow. From the time you're born to when you turn 18 you're considered a fetus and not a child. Rather than aborting a child before its born, they're aborting them afterwards. A quote from the book: " But eighteen years makes so much more sense. A person is truly independent of its patents at that age, as opposed to birth-or at some artificially determined moment of 'viability', as they once called it. Lets face it: upon delivery a fetus is more dependent on its own mother than ever before. No longer is support involuntary. Man, I can't even imagine being forced to care for a fetus all those years without having a choice."

[An · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book, everyone should read and analyze this. I was very impressed.

[Joe Faust · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Tanya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Weird concept, great story