by Merle Hoffman “Patient #4 in recovery was moved by your work and wants to see you.” When my assistant’s email came through, I was
by Merle Hoffman When I first opened a clinic for women’s abortion care in Flushing, New York in 1971, women finally had access to safe,
by Merle Hoffman When I first opened a clinic for women’s abortion care in New York in 1971, women finally had access to safe, legal
by Merle Hoffman All wars are intimate. For women whose bodies have become battlegrounds in the struggle for reproductive freedom, the intimacy is profound. In
by Merle Hoffman All my life there was a kind of disconnect between my internal and external realities. “Funny,” people would say, “you don’t look
by Merle Hoffman Children are natural resistance fighters. From the time they realize that they have the agency (if not the power) to push back
by Merle Hoffman There is one place where the definition of gender remains binary – in the womb. When it comes to sonograms, amniocentesis and
by Merle Hoffman Growing up in Philadelphia in the 50s, girls were labeled sluts if they dressed provocatively, let boys “tongue kiss” them or behaved
by Merle Hoffman As a person who feels that war should be the strategy of last resort, I still like to read military history. I find
by Merle Hoffman In our Spring ’09 edition, On The Issues Magazine writers and artists discuss feminist and progressive values that transcend politics — our
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