By Marge Piercy An embryo is precious;a woman is a vessel. A fertilized egg is a person;a woman is indentured to it. An embryo is
In our Spring ’11 edition, THE POET’S EYE features RED 1800s by Denise Bergman, Hurry, it’s coming by Marge Piercy, and A Call To Arms
by Marge Piercy When I think of women heroes,its not Joan of Arc or Molly Pitcherbut mothers who quietly sayto their daughters, you can.Who stand behind
Poems by Diane Lockward, Lois Rosen, Marge Piercy and Annie FinchFrom Poetry Co-Editor Judith Arcana The Missing Wife – By Diane Lockward What We Do
by Marge Piercy How dare a woman choose?Choose to be pregnant,choose to be childless,choose to be lesbian,choose to have two lovers or none,choose to abortchoose
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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.