by Rebecca Chalker In Los Angeles in 1971, before Roe v. Wade legalized abortion, a small group of women began observing abortions in an underground
by Elayne Clift The hype is that women are frivolous, if not downright evil, frittering their time away in law school and then demanding fertility
by bell hooks Just as it was once fashionable among “cool” feminists to love Madonna, it is now permissible to acknowledge that she is tres
by Norine Dworkin “It’s not that I have penis envy. It’s just that the people with them seem to go further in life. I wouldn’t
by Beverly Lowy Perhaps nothing is more awe-inspiring than the accomplishments of African American women, some famous and some unknown except to those whose lives
by Merle Hoffman In some ways my personal and political ties with Russia seem to have an uncanny quality -almost like destiny. The ties began with CHOICES,
by Rebecca Chalker Menstrual extraction (M.E.), a technique that can remove the contents of the uterus safely with a hand-held suction device, was developed in
by Louise Tyrer With abortion debates escalating, “self-help” menstrual extraction (M.E.) has been promoted as a way for women to exercise full control over their
by Alfred E. Fireman Some say love is magical. I say the word love is commonly used to invoke magic — the kind that helps
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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, a pioneer in the pro-choice movement and women’s healthcare offers an unapologetic and authoritative take on abortion—“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.