She fought for reproductive justice on the streets, within clinics, in the news —
with brave words, in an uncompromising voice,
with a giant wire hanger raised high in the air —
and this January,
she reveals the truths from the front lines of the battle for abortion rights:
Barnes & Noble Upper East Side Presents a reading and book signing in honor of the release of Intimate Wars: The Life and Times of the Woman Who Brought Abortion from the Back Alley to the Boardroom, a memoir by Merle Hoffman, award-winning journalist, activist, and women’s health care pioneer
Thursday, January 12, 2012
7pm-9pm
Barnes and Noble
86th and Lexington
introduced by Bill Baird, Father of the Abortion Movement and holder of three US Supreme Court cases, including Baird V Eisenstadt, which legalized birth control nationally for unmarried people
and with Jennifer Baumgardner,
award-winning filmmaker, writer, and creator of the I Had an Abortion project
For more information, visit:
Barnes & Noble Event Page and Facebook Invitation
“There is a reason that women have been having abortions, legal or not, for all of history. The act of choosing whether or not to have a child is often an act of love, and always an act of survival.” — Merle Hoffman, Intimate Wars