by Katherine Eban Finkelstein Under George Bush, the halls and rooms of the White House were closed to us. We were always in a defensive
by Louise Armstrong IN 1978, WHEN PEOPLE ASKED WHAT I’D WRITTEN ABOUT, I’d say “incest.” And they would then most often ask, “Oh? Are you
by John Stoltenberg This is written to men – but so that women can overhear every word. It discloses some things about intimate personal relationships
by Neil deMause It was September of 1991, and thing were looking up for foes of the bogus clinics that anti-abortion groups had set up
by Merle Hoffman All told 1985 was not an unusually dangerous year. There had been a rash of fire bombings at abortion clinics, a physician
by Lynn Phillips We’re supposed to revere our feminist foremothers, but most of us don’t. One friend of mine describes the creators of American feminism
by Maxine Lipner Imagine having oral contraceptives as available as aspirin – a steady supply no further away than the open shelf of your neighborhood
by Ronni Sandroff AS THE DAUGHTER OF TWO LABOR ORGANIZERS, my early childhood education included how to spot FBI agents (“no one else in this
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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.