by Merle Hoffman You’re going where? The insistent questioning by family and friends reverberated in my head as I flew over the blackness of the Bosphorus,
by Rosemary L. Bray About Elizabeth Holtzman:Liz Holtzman burst into public view at age 30, when she won an upset congressional primary victory against longtime
by Phyllis Chesler According to those who slander them, women cannot be counted as Jews in a prayer quorum. Women are separate and unequal. Simultaneously,
by Merle Hoffman “We the People of South AfricaRecognize the injustices of our pasthonor those who suffered for justice and freedom in our landRespect those
by Jan Goodwin The adult population of Bosnia is now 70 percent female, but women are being shortchanged in the reconstruction Bosnia, November 1996: In
by Jan Goodwin February 1997: The heat, the fear and the sour smell of sweat that they triggered hung heavy in the stale air of
by Rick Mercier AS I STROLL DOWN KOKUSAI STREET IN DOWNTOWN Naha, Okinawa, there’s no escaping the fact that I am on an island dominated
by Jan Goodwin THIRTHA MAYA BARAL, 29, is CLEARLY ILL. Her skin has an unhealthy yellow tinge, her hair falls lank and greasy around her
by Phyllis Chesler Women’s eight-year struggle to pray out loud at “the Wailing Wall” 1 Jewish women were first ordained as rabbis in 1972, by Reform
by Marlene C. Piturro “I don’t regard Mrs. Chan as a woman. She’s far too forceful and inflexible in her ways,” said one member of
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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, Merle Hoffman, a pioneer in the pro-choice movement and women’s healthcare, offers an unapologetic and authoritative take on abortion calling it “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.