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
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
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