by Merle Hoffman The Congressman arrived flushed with triumph. He had just been part of the victorious vote on the law to ban assault rifles.
by Phyllis Chesler These are the times that try feminist souls. “Femininity” is back – even among feminists – and for years, I’d thought it
by John Stoltenberg This is written to men – but so that women can overhear every word. It discloses some things about intimate personal relationships
by Lynn Phillips We’re supposed to revere our feminist foremothers, but most of us don’t. One friend of mine describes the creators of American feminism
by Merle Hoffman In the morning that I would be posing for photographers for an upcoming profile in Lears magazine I of course dressed myself
by Bonnie Pfister From the loose coalition of punk rock teens calling themselves Riot Grrls to the recently reinvigorated Students Organizing Students, the past year
For the first time in U.S. history, a woman stands accused of being a serial killer – of having killed six adult male motorists, one
by Flo Kennedy and Irene Davall WOMEN SHOULD SEE “MALCOLM X” AS A BLUEPRINT TO FOLLOW IN OUR FIGHT FOR EQUALITY It seemed a sure
by Norine Dworkin “It’s not that I have penis envy. It’s just that the people with them seem to go further in life. I wouldn’t
by Beverly Lowy Perhaps nothing is more awe-inspiring than the accomplishments of African American women, some famous and some unknown except to those whose lives
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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.