![]() ![]() Civil is horrified that such a terrible mistake could have taken place, and vows to get to the bottom of it. And then she makes a shocking discovery: the girls have been involuntarily sterilized. ![]() She grows close to the family and becomes fiercely invested in their well-being. ![]() When she is assigned to administer birth control to two school-age Black girls, the Williams sisters, who live off an old unpaved road in a shack without running water, Civil can't help but feel uneasy. She brings the option of birth control to their doorsteps, and with it the right to determine their own destinies. 'Shot through with spirit and hope, it's one hell of a book' Stylist, Books You Can't Miss in 2022Ī nurse at the Family Planning Clinic in Montgomery Alabama, Civil Townsend is passionate about putting choice into women's hands. ![]()
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