A Magazine of Feminist, Progressive Thinking

Radical, committed commentary on critical questions to encourage discussion and action, coming to you monthly or whenever needed.

ON THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF ROE V. WADE
Forty Years After Roe V Wade, Getting an Abortion is Still a Major Challenge
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"She Had a Heartbeat Too" The Tragic Death of Savita Halappanavar in an Irish Hospital
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THE LOVE OF STRANGERS
by Merle Hoffman
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Abortion and Reproductive Rights

Contributions from various authors who have played integral role in abortion history.

Activism and Politics in the United States

Thoughts and perspectives from acticvists on abortion, women's rights, equality and more.

Relationships and Feminism

Reflections on the dynamics of sex, love, gender roles, relationships and feminism.

Featured Articles

1998 Summer

The Tyranny of the Esthetic Surgery’s Most Intimate Violation

by Martha Coventry Sexual conformity at the point of a knife is being forced on women whose genitals are declared …

2008 Summer

Religious Repugnance Obscures Need for Sex Work Decriminalization

by Rita Nakashima Brock In the mid-1990s, Asian feminists concerned about the sexual exploitation of children and women and the …

1996 Summer

Why Annie Got Her Gun

by Carolyn Gage ANNIE OAKLEY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR FEMINISTS. The world’s champion sharpshooter, she stalwartly refused to …

2011 Summer

Fighting to Gratify a Sex Instinct? War Attitudes Vary by Gender

By Lori Adelman In her influential 1938 essay “Three Guineas,” Virginia Woolf portrayed war as an expression of male power …

Media

Choices Womens Medical Center NOW open in Jamaica, NY!

Check out the video chronicle of our journey to Jamaica! President/CEO Merle Hoffman guides viewers through the process of turning an empty building into a center for reproductive rights, sharing the nuts and bolts of being an abortion provider — from struggling to survive in a building with an anti-choice landlord, to persevering despite protesters, to designing space for patients. We’re proud of our beautiful new home, and can’t wait to share it with you.

Abortionmics and Russia by Merle Hoffman

On The Issues Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Merle Hoffman talks about “Abortionmics and Russia.” Check out more about her memoir, Intimate Wars: http://intimatewars.com

Intimate Wars by Merle Hoffman

On The Issues Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Merle Hoffman talks about “Intimate Wars.” Check out more about her memoir, Intimate Wars: http://intimatewars.com

40 Years of Choices by Merle Hoffman

On The Issues Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Merle Hoffman talks about The Nature of Choice. Check out more about her memoir, Intimate Wars: http://intimatewars.com/

The Nature of Choice

On The Issues Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Merle Hoffman talks about “Intimate Wars.” Check out more about her memoir, Intimate Wars: http://intimatewars.com

About Us

ON THE ISSUES MAGAZINE ONLINE is a successor to the print publication, On The Issues Magazine, a progressive, feminist quarterly print publication from 1983 to 1999, both published by Choices Women’s Medical Center, Merle Hoffman, President and CEO, located in Long Island City, New York. For inquiries about On The Issues Magazine.