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by Linda Stein March 9, 2011 Remember Lorena Bobbitt? I asked my partner that question and her response was a …
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by Heather Cowherd March 1, 2011 In 1995, at the age of ten, I wanted to be like Princess Aurora, …
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by Merle Hoffman As we celebrate the 38th anniversary on Jan 22nd of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide, this …
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By Suzanne Grossman I recently had the pleasure of speaking on a career panel to young women enrolled in Feminist …
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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.