by Meg Heery August 6, 2012 Where to begin This weekend was so jammed with unbelievable moments for women Olympians that its tough to take
By Meg Heery August 5, 2012 Last week, the world glimpsed women from Brunei, Qatar and Saudi Arabia as they walked in the opening ceremony
By Meg Heery August 4, 2012 Thankfully, it looks like Olympics fans are finally embracing big, and embracing it where it’s most visible: women’s weightlifting.
By Meg Heery August 3, 2012 Thursday, August 2nd, was a huge day for American women in the prime-time Olympic sports. Rebecca Soni set a
August 2, 2012 If you watched Olympic fencing this week, did you ever wonder what all that screaming was about As it turns out, vocalizing
By Meg Heery August 1, 2012 To borrow a line from Tina Turner, we really do need another hero. Smiling, youthful faces from high-profile sports
July 30, 2012 By Meg Heery London 2012 made good on its hype as the Year of the Woman on Sunday. Kim Rhode made Olympic history when
July 29, 2012 (In daily postings, On the Issues Magazine looks at the 2012 Summer Olympics through a feminist lens.) What was that A unicorn
July 28, 2012 By Meg Heery (Every day of the 2012 London Olympics, look to this space at On the Issues Magazine for updates about
July 27, 2012 by Carolyn Gage The Internet is abuzz with the posthumous outing of astronaut Sally Ride. Everyone seems to have an opinion: Some
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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.