by Eileen McDonagh CONSENT TO SEX IS NOT CONSENT TO PREGNANCY Nearly 25-years after feminists celebrated Roe v. Wade, many women still undergo pregnancy against
Book Review by Eleanor J. Bader So who’s afraid of feminism? By the looks of it, just about everyone, including those of us who call
Book Review by Carolyn G. Heilbrun Women’s memoirs have been lavished upon us in recent years, and the genre, while at times overwhelming, is nonetheless
by Merle Hoffman In a world with no more Wests to conquer or empires to build, where risk-taking comes packaged as adventure vacations, what becomes
by Janice K. Bryant In the battle over a feminist monument, 150 years of racial tension resurfaces and a question reemerges: Is history written in
by Dylan Foley and Andrea D’Asaro middle of a crackdown on prostitution as part of a campaign against “social evils,” and the owner’s husband recently
Book Reviews by Robin Bromley The notion of motherhood, never simple or particularly stable, is again under pressure — this time on several fronts. While
by Brenda & Wanda Henson At Mississippi’s Camp Sister Spirit, survival is the best revenge. Here in the deep South, where you come from and
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 Camille Small Who’s caring for the children of America? It’s a topic that gets lots of media attention now, not all of it good.
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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.