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David A. Grimes

Author, <i>Every Third Woman in America: How Legal Abortion Transformed Our Nation</i>;former Chief of the Abortion Surveillance Branch at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

Author and former Chief of the Abortion Surveillance Branch at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) David A. Grimes, M.D. chronicles the public-health story of legal abortion in America in his new book, “Every Third Woman in America: How Legal Abortion Transformed Our Nation." One of the world’s leading abortion scholars, Dr. Grimes has studied, provided, and taught abortions for over four decades, and has helped thousands of women through the abortion process. He has taught scores of residents in obstetrics and gynecology how to perform medical and surgical abortions with safety and compassion.