by Norine Dworhin For a moment, after 12 years of Ronald Reagan and George Bush’s antiabortion policies and their winking, indulgent attitude toward antiabortion groups’
Blockades, Firebombs, Murder – A frontline report by Mary Lou Greenberg In Pensacola, Florida March 10, for the “crime” of providing abortions for women, antiabortion
by Merle Hoffman In some ways my personal and political ties with Russia seem to have an uncanny quality -almost like destiny. The ties began with CHOICES,
by Merle Hoffman Ionce attended a small social gathering which included a woman who professed great skill in analyzing people through calculating the numbers in
by Merle Hoffman Ihave this fantasy. It’s a variation on that wonderful scene in the movie “Network,” when the eccentric, somewhat mad character played by
by Jill Benderly Q: Why is a bikini like a doughnut? A: Because they’re both new contraceptives about to come on the market. Norplant is the first
The first time I heard it was in Detroit in 1982. The words shot out at me like bullets, creating an immediate mental image that
by Irene Davall The Dayton Foundation — the giving arm of Dayton Hudson Corporation — announced last summer that its annual grant to Planned Parenthood
As the U.S. Supreme Court was listening to lofty legal arguments about teenager’s rights to abortion without parental consent or notification, more than 100 New
by Jill Benderly Margaret Sanger certainly led the struggle for birth control. In the process, she also set the course for the two main problems
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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.