Summary This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor is the autobiography of Susan Wicklund, an abortion doctor in the late 1980s and 2000 which began in Wisconsin. The book follows Wicklund's life as she travels to different places to help women of all ages with choices regarding their pregnancy and the difficulties she faces along the way. Often, when she went to work, protesters and others against abortion would bombard her and call her a murderer, child murderer, terrorist, and many other hateful things that threatened her daily life (Wicklund & Kesselheim, 2007). The situation became so bad that he began carrying a weapon and going to work using the back door. Although the protesters never left, abortion was never viewed negatively by the majority of society due to people's religious affiliation, personal attitudes, and political opinions. The first major Supreme Court decision regarding abortion is known as Roe vs. Wade, who reversed the decision to criminalize abortion and state that these women have the right and mental right to choose abortion (Gibson, 2008). This helped women's rights in the late 20th century, which was a step in the right direction for women. Attitudes regarding abortion have also influenced how individuals express their opinions on the topic. Hess and Rueb (2005) stated that “public attitudes toward abortion have long been an issue in American political debates.” Hess and Rueb (2005) also go into detail to find out what influences these attitudes and what their attitudes are based on in specific circumstances. Abortion is a debate led by a feminist and a non-feminist Suzanne Gibson (2004) describes how abortion is more than just a “women's right to choose.” These three themes identify and connect to each other in different ways