Pioneer, visionary, feminist, mentor, revolutionary, woman of the people, principled politician. She had a great heart and extraordinary energy – and the courage always to
by Phyllis Chesler When in doubt or trouble, but also in times of joy, I always return to the sea: to put things in perspective.
by Phyllis Chesler Here I sit, head bent, writing you an intimate letter. I sense your presence, even though I don’t know your name. I
By Phyllis Chesler Our Most Vulnerable Female Patients Are Being Raped By The Very People Who Are Supposed To Care For Them. After a devastating
by Phyllis Chesler According to those who slander them, women cannot be counted as Jews in a prayer quorum. Women are separate and unequal. Simultaneously,
A discussion with Tammy Bruce and Julianne Malveaux TURN ON THE RADIO AND LISTEN TO women talk-show hosts. Most likely they’re talking therapy, cooking, or
by Phyllis Chesler Once asthma, arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, Lyme’s disease and allergies were dismissed as primarily psychiatric in nature. These are plague years. Governments,
by Phyllis Chesler “Do you have elephants in America?” my Afghan mother-in-law asked me in Kabul, in 1961. Beebee Jan, as she was called, was
by Phyllis Chesler She had a hard time getting up on those days when she had to appear in court on her petition for child
by Phyllis Chesler There she was, on the front page of the American newspapers, a 20-year-old Bosnian Moslem girl, hanging from a tree, a suicide, dead
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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.