By Fred Pelka It was obvious to me at the police station that I was held in contempt because I was a victim. And we
by Barbara Bolz A large woman clutches a ragged teddy bear to her chest. An older woman caresses the arm of a man who watches
by Fred Pelka Five months after Mark Stanton Curtis was arrested in Des Moines on charges of sexual abuse and burglary, Detroit Mayor Coleman A.
by Charlotte Bunch Global military spending has, for decades, consumed national and international resources desperately needed for human development. The state of permanent readiness for
by Merle Hoffman I have an old friend who lives in North Miami. She’s bright, solidly middle class, married and a mother. She also carries
by Merle Hoffman learned about paddings accidentally many years ago. It was in a time before my consciousness was raised. I was 18, incurably romantic,
by Elizabeth Holtzman The pain and horror of sexual assault touches women of all ages, all colors, all classes, and all positions. Yet until recently,
by Oralee Wachter Child sexual abuse. Incest. Just a few years ago these were words hidden deep in the closet. Today they are splashed in
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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.