by Mary Lou Greenberg The tragedy of Savita Halappanaver who died on Oct. 28, 2012 after being denied an abortion in a hospital in Ireland
by Anna Platt and the Feminist Press Complaints and Disorders (Second Edition) by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre EnglishOrder at Feminist Press From prescribing the “rest
(untitled) By Rosellen BrownThree months into Nothing To Do,I asked if he wanted my mail route: Youdrive, I said, I’ll clean some houses,shake the mothballs
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by Linda Stein I’m caught in an artistic state of transition. I didn’t plan it. It came slowly, over a period of 6-8 months, maybe
by Mary Lou Greenberg The action starts at 7 a.m. every Saturday when volunteers start arriving, women and men, some who get up at 5
by Eleanor J. Bader Ramona, 32, mother of a four-year-old daughter, is dropped off at the Summit Women’s Center in Bridgeport Connecticut at 8 a.m.
by Caelainn Hogan: On The Issues Special Correspondent Belfast, Northern Ireland – On October 18, 2012, the first clinic to offer legal medical abortions, albeit
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by Merle Hoffman “Patient #4 in recovery was moved by your work and wants to see you.” When my assistant’s email came through, I was
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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.