by Mary Lou Greenberg Anti-abortion activists renew threats to reproductive freedom. THE NORTHSIDE FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES CLINIC is located on a small hill, just off
by Merle Hoffman The tragic case of Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson It was just another baby in the garbage, tossed away with the other
by Rosemary L. Bray It is the morning from hell. To my left, my 2-week-old son, screaming with hunger, roots wildly for my breast. At
by Jan Goodwin THIRTHA MAYA BARAL, 29, is CLEARLY ILL. Her skin has an unhealthy yellow tinge, her hair falls lank and greasy around her
What are politicians really talking about when they debate restrictions on a woman’s right whether to carry through a pregnancy? Make no mistake. The highly
by Mary Lou Greenberg Levels of clinic violence in 1995 declined substantially, according to a recent report by the Feminist Majority Foundation. But I have
by Jennifer Gonnerman IN THE POSH BALLROOM OF CINCINNATI’S OMNI Netherland Plaza hotel, a 69-year-old man with a white, wicker cowboy hat and tanned, leathery
by Marge Piercy How dare a woman choose?Choose to be pregnant,choose to be childless,choose to be lesbian,choose to have two lovers or none,choose to abortchoose
by Peggy Simpson The fight to regain reproductive rights The scaffolding covering the Chopin Palace in Warsaw didn’t hide the electricity inside, as reproductive rights
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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.