by Elaine Clift hen Suzanne Hadley said “no” to her boss last year, “it seemed like the most natural thing in the world to say.”
by Shannon Moon Leonetti I don’t spend as much time in the restaurant actually serving and cooking like I used to,” says Genny Nelson, co-founder
by Eleanor Bader One word comes to mind after a few minutes in the company of Jane Lazarre: Intense. She speaks slowly, weighing each thought
by M. Robbyn Swan Barbara, 42, is lying in the middle of the living room floor in a pool of her own urine, tooting a
by Merle Hoffman rowing up in Philadelphia in the 1950s was a special kind of wasteland. a time when one’s worth and acceptance as a
by Eleanor J. Bader Writer Suzanne Gordon is a woman with a mission. Fiery though soft-spoken, angry yet pleasant, she wants people in the human
by Diana Russell Mass killings were considered gender-neutral before Lepine’s frenzied shooting of “fucking feminists” This is one person’s account of an event that happened
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 Beverly Lowy “Childhood is a time when ayoung person learns to love and trust. You weretaught a brutal lesson at anearly, early age, that
by Merle Hoffman It is the two outlaw women giving the ultimate “fuck you” to the patriarchy I never really wear the things: Political buttons,
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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.