Alyssa Mastromonaco, NYT Best Selling author and co-host of Crooked Media’s #Hysteria podcast 'Ilyse Hogue makes a powerful and disturbing contribution to the literature on historical links between the domination of women and protecting white supremacy. To all feminists who dream of overthrowing the patriarchy: start here.” Hogue unravels for the reader decades of careful machinations of a movement hell bent on keeping women in their place and using abortion as a weapon to do so. Zerlina Maxwell, author of The End of White Politics MSNBC Political Analyst, SiriusXM host “ This is a must read account of how the Radical Right’s quest for domination ultimately led to the country electing a race baiting, misogynist in Donald Trump. Hogue sticks to the facts and lays out the only effective path forward.

Rebecca Traister, Bestselling Author, Writer-at-large New York Magazine “ The Lie that Binds is an unflinching look at the true origins of the right wing obsession with keeping half of the population “in their place.” From the very beginning, the purpose of anti-choice movement was to maintain and consolidate power in the hands of a few white men. In this precarious and eruptive American moment, it could not be more timely in its exploration of fear, resentment, prejudice and the drive to cling to power in the face of righteous fights for freedom.” Senator Kirsten Gillibrand “ The Lie that Binds recounts the widely misunderstood history of the anti-abortion movement's origins with the right wing compulsion to resist social change and instead strengthen the system of white male religious control. This is a must-read for every legislator who is serious about protecting their constituents' civil and reproductive rights.” Stacey Abrams, Founder & Chair, Fair Fight Read More + “In vivid detail, Hogue lays out exactly how the Radical Right infected our democracy and our institutions to reverse social progress – and in doing so, teaches us how to most strategically fight back.

The Lie that Binds is a clarion call for renewed American activism to protect a woman’s right to determine her own health care, including her right to abortion, at a time when those rights are more at risk than at any point in the last 45 years.” An overnight bestseller on Barnes & Noble #1 Bestseller on Amazon in Social Policy #10 Bestseller on Amazon in Government Social Policy “Ilyse Hogue provides a brilliant, systematic takedown of the extremist, hypocritical forces that seek to control women’s bodies.

Lies That Bind by Delinda McCann