RECLAIMING THE SANITY AGENDA: Women Speak Out to Save The Earth
By Elayne Clift Women from around the world meet in Florida to challenge the powers that be. QUOTABLE QUOTES “If women are to ‘clean up
By Elayne Clift Women from around the world meet in Florida to challenge the powers that be. QUOTABLE QUOTES “If women are to ‘clean up
by Elayne Clift FOOD IRRADIATION [SHOULD BE SEEN FOR WHAT IT] IS, AN UNSCRUPULOUS ATTEMPT TO FIND A COMMERCIAL USE FOR NUCLEAR WASTES. 0f all
by Christine Keyser The spirit of Mother Jones lives on today in the backwoods of Northern California. The North Coast’s most eloquent anti-chainsaw organizer, Earth
by Marjorie Cramer, M.D. I sat on the Amtrak train taking me from New York City to Philadelphia. Every movement of the train made my
by Eleanor J. Bader Anything you can do to protect the future has to deal with population and its continued growth. “Seeing triple?” asks the
by E.M. Broner I dog-sit on occasion. My grand-dog Tosh (rhymes with Posh) heads towards Madison Park. In front of our loft building I have
by Betsy Swart A Civil Disobedience Action at Emory University, to protest animal experimentation. While funding is unavailable for treatment centers, it is there to
by Merle Hoffman I have always had a problem with a style of consistency that demands seeing things in black and white holding the line
by Joan Dunayer Just as sexist language demeans women, speciesist language denigrates non-human animals “A noun is a person, place, or thing,” we obediently recite
by Betsy Swart There are nearly 10 million addicts in the United States today but only about 338,000 slots in treatment centers. Federal agencies like
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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.