by Janice Raymond To argue for fetal status and rights is much more winnable than to argue for women on their own behalf The summer
by Mary Lou Greenberg On June 25, 1990 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can require teenaged women to either notify one or both
by Irene Davall Donna Jean pulled into the parking lot as her dashboard clock clicked over to 7:10. The lot was already more than half
by Merle Hoffman I am going to miss Ronald Reagan. Miss him in places of personal history and political passion. Miss him in a very
by Merle Hoffman The question came at me from left field. It was raining, cold and very early in the morning. I was standing behind
by Congresswoman Pat Schroeder “They get about as much sympathy as an 83-pound woman who is trying to gain weight. We live in an ignorant world
by Irene Davall Early in the 13th Century there lived a monk whose mistress got pregnant. It must have been accidental as she could hardly
by Merle Hoffman November, 1985 did not come quietly for me. It was a month of immersion in violence and conferences. It was also a
by Merle Hoffman She must have been in her mid-40s. The lines and depressions in her face testified to a life that had not been
by Merle Hoffman I remember it distinctly the point in time when I became political: it was summer, 1976, and the smells and sounds of
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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.