By Bryna Taubman Better to live alone; with a fool there is no companionship.’ The Pali Canon (sacred scriptures of Theravada Buddhists), c. 500-250 B.C.
Dropping the laboring woman on the bed was an ancient method of hastening childbirth among the ancient Greeks in the time of Hippocrates. New ideas
By Anonymous EDITOR’S NOTE: The author of this true account led an apparently respectable life for over 20 years while secretly exposing himself to and
by Jeannette Batz “Basically, you’ll learn how breast examinations should be done, then you’ll teach and evaluate the medical students,” Dr. Tuteur tells me. I
by Phyllis Chesler It’s almost as if people expect men to rape, beat, and murder women and children. No one’s surprised when they do, and
by Merle Hoffman By nature, I am a romantic and have had warrior fantasies since my early adolescence. Surrounding myself with images of heroic battles,
by Marlene C. Piturro Legal secretary Rena Weeks was astonished when a jury awarded her $7.1 million dollars for being forced to endure the gropings
by Nicole Bokat “I did it!” a beaming Elizabeth announced to our mother’s group. “Chloe was born naturally” The other women clustered around mother and
by Elayne Rapping In a review of the autobiography of Norma McCorvey—the Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade—in a recent issue of Tiie New York
By Edith Pearlman The Ugly Duchess haunts me. She has haunted me since our first encounter, when I was seven. I was sitting with my
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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.