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by Tobe Levin January 5, 2012 That African kid with a sand belly, as the author and activist Khady calls …
by Dulcey Lewis December 23, 2011 “We want revenge and we want it now! Lesbians! Dykes! Gay Women!” The six …
by Ida Hammer December 14, 2011 Trans women are disproportionately impacted by murder and violence, and yet there is a …
by Sarah Elspeth Patterson December 8, 2011 Sexuality education is, in many ways, an esteem-building practice. Knowledge of any kind, …
by Alison Yager December 1, 2011 In August 2011, New York City announced that all public middle and high schools …
By Carolyn Gage November 23, 2011 The emergence of the Occupy Wall Street movement would not have been a surprise …
by Kathleen Barry November 16, 2011 Here we go again! Last week Mother Jones published an article, “Herman Cain’s Sexual Harassment Scandal …
by Crystal DeBoise November 10, 2011 Last winter, “Sheila,”a sex worker in her early 20s, had just finished her counseling …
By Cindy Cooper November 3, 2011 “I think there may be a new page that we’ve come to the United …
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By Gabrielle Korn October 28, 2011 Uncovering the roots of global sex trafficking and protecting its victims are driving forces …
By Mary Lou Greenberg October 7, 2011 Karen Duda signed petitions, went to rallies and participated in traditional pro-choice activism. …
By Sarah Byrnes October 20, 2011 Here in the U.S., our economic system is just not working for most Americans. …
By Rosalyn Baxandall October 14, 2011 At last the 99 percent are shaming them: “This is not a Recession; It’s …
by Ariel Dougherty September 22, 2011 “The finest minds have always underscored the peacemaking role of women,” Nobel Peace Prize …
By Linda Stein September 15, 2011 Conservative Republicans flexed considerable muscle earlier this year and threw a knockout punch against …
By Keely Swan September 8, 2011 The Center for Women’s Global Leadership’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international …
By Madeline Lee Bryer September 1, 2011 The war against domestic violence is heating up. In a decision released publicly …
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by Shelagh Daley August 24, 2011 You can’t build peace leaving half of the people out. Women are a prime …
By Judith Avory Faucette August 17, 2011 The international legal system treats rape in wartime as a serious crime, especially …
By Gabrielle Korn August 11, 2011 On September 20, 2011, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” — the law barring gays and …
The war in Afghanistan is not the first U.S. war in which the ill-treatment of women was used to stoke …
By Helen Benedict August 3, 2011 In 2006, when I discovered that more women were serving and fighting in the …
By Autumn Sandeen July 28, 2011 The Veterans Administration released a new directive on transgender veterans in June 2011, “Providing …
by Dr. Terry Neese July 21, 2011 Rwandan women now boast the highest percentage of women in government of any …
by Laura A. Shamas July 13, 2011 The archetype of Cassandra may be seen as a key symbol for women …
by Lauren Wolfe July 6, 2011 “I’ve never told anyone this before,” the email said. It was one of several …
By Jeanmarie Simpson June 29, 2011 In October 2002, I was scrolling around on the Internet, when an image caught …
By Marjorie Signer June 23, 2011 Jessica Kenyon was one of more than 400,000 women who serve in the Armed …
by Cindy Cooper June 6, 2011 Dr. Theo Colborn is often compared to Rachel Carson, whose famous book, Silent Spring will celebrate …
By Cate Owren May 26, 2011 A major paradigm shift in dealing with climate change has been unfolding in the …
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“Merle Hoffman has always known that in a democracy, we each have decision-making power over the fate of our own bodies. She is a national hero for us all.” —Gloria Steinem
In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe V. Wade and a country divided, Merle Hoffman, a pioneer in the pro-choice movement and women’s healthcare, offers an unapologetic and authoritative take on abortion calling it “the front line and the bottom line of women’s freedom and liberty.”
Merle Hoffman has been at the forefront of the reproductive freedom movement since the 1970s. Three years before the Supreme Court legalized abortion through Roe v. Wade, she helped to establish one of the United States’ first abortion centers in Flushing, Queens, and later went on to found Choices, one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive women’s medical facilities. For the last five decades, Hoffman has been a steadfast warrior and fierce advocate for every woman’s right to choose when and whether or not to be a mother.