Letters to the Editor

2010

Letters to the Editor: Joan Michel

Marge Piercy Pens Poem on Heroines for New Issue It’s a great story, but I’m bothered by the fact that …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Philip Cafaro

Thursday, November 19, 2009 Betsy Hartmann’s “The ‘New’ Population Control Craze: Retro, Racist, Wrong Way to Go” is way off …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Ernie Lazar

Thursday, November 5, 2009 Loretta Ross’s article “Birthers and Birchers: Hiding Behind Stars and Stripes” is a malicious caricature of …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Laura McClure

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 I loved Eleanor Bader’s article Beginning with the Children! It does a great job of describing …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Cora

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Thank you for your profile(Fall 2009) of Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility. As a former …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Alan Edwards

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 I am a gay man. I am on the Committee of the Eastern Cape Gay & …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Lauren Brightwell

September 4, 2009 Just now found On The Issues online!!I was a subscriber to your print edition. SO PLEASED TO …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Dr.Cassandra Langer

September 1, 2009 Linda’s interview with Elisabeth Sackler is excellent. I interviewed Sackler several years ago and was delighted to …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Julie

August 19, 2009 I had a conversation with a young woman who is expecting twins…her long term relationship with the …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Jim Nibblett

August 18, 2009 Few could imagine how tired I am of reading mindless repetition of the party line “subordinated the …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Katy Stewart

August 7, 2009 I must commend Eleanor Bader on her excellent article entitled “Trans Health Care Is A Life and …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: xxmkn

August 2, 2009 I think OTI is marvellous and rely heavily on it – but it is a shame it …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: heather harvey

I am a UK based reader so this may be a naive point to make but it seems to me …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Ginny NiCarthy

About equal pay, I agree with the letter writer who urged us to take up that struggle again. It should …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Dorothy Bryant

I was relieved to read Lu Bailey’s article on “self-objectification,” chosen by young so-called feminists. I have fallen silent after …

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2009

Letter to the Editor: Edna Adan Ismail

Please accept our deep and sincere condolences on the loss of Dr. Tiller. You may wish to know that we …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Bob Nichols

I agree completely. I did AB referrals and set up a Federal Court lawsuit in Oklahoma in 1970. It is …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Sarah Murnen

In this time of trouble when more men than women are losing their jobs and the woman becomes sole support …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Rose Briggs

You are doing a wonderful job writing about the many topics that women do not want to discuss. I applaud …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Elsa Panciroli

I live in Montreal and I’ve just discovered On The Issues online. It’s really intelligent and fascinating, I’m so glad …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Judith Freeman

As always “On The Issues” is informative , thought provoking, and a Feminist Voice that speaks loud and clear about …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: JanG

He should have been in Zambia when I was, and 1 in 3 were dying from AIDS, and the only …

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2009

Letter to the Editor (March): Edna Adan Ismail

I send you greetings from Somaliland where we will also be celebrating the 7th anniversary of the opening of our …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Freeda Cathcart

A recent article by Diana Egozcue on a strategy to pass the ERA in Virginia said that a website would …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Max Dashu

I enjoyed Frances Kissling’s article on masculine-dominated religion, and have always admired her work. However I was surprised that she …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Melissa Nalani Ross

I am actually quite amazed with how much response the article (Anti-Immigrant Fervor Translates to Terror for Women) has received. …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Barbara Santee

I’m so glad you’re reviving OTI. It was an important documentation of what we did back in the “good old …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Stephanie Young Liederman

So glad to see the return of On the Issues! As a little girl, I read the magazine every time …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Ellen Snortland

HURRAH! Like a phoenix, you have arisen! -Ellen Snortland

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2009

Letters to the Editor: A Reader

How did I manage to get through the last 25 years without stumbling upon your magazine? I’ve been doing radical …

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2009

Letters to the Editor: Gloria Steinem

I’m so glad On the Issues is back — thank you Merle and all its parents! Gloria Steinem

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Merle Hoffman's Choices: A Post-Roe Abortion Rights Manifesto

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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.