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by Merle Hoffman (Author)
"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 and women's right to choose. 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. Now, amidst the aftermath of the Dobbs Decision, Hoffman has carefully compiled her decades of analysis, research, and experience into a tour de force manifesto that sheds light on the catastrophic repercussions of overturning Roe, and what we must do moving forward to ensure the safety and legality of abortion nationally. In Choices, Hoffman expresses her views on where we are and what lies ahead. She covers topics ranging from: revamping the healthcare system to support women's rights; combatting rising authoritarianism; the weaponization of religion; fighting the antis; practicing courage; sabotage from within the movement; and activating the next generation in the fight for reproductive justice.Author Biography
Merle Hoffman is an activist, healthcare pioneer, award-winning journalist, and founder/CEO of Choices Women's Medical Center. She co-founded the National Abortion Federation in 1976, the first professional organization of abortion providers in the US, and in 1985 founded the New York Pro-Choice Coalition, which organized the first pro-choice disobedience action at St. Patrick's Cathedral in 1989 when nine people were arrested. Hoffman is the publisher and editor-in-chief of On the Issues magazine as well as the author of Intimate Wars: The Life and Times of the Woman Who Brought Abortion from the Back Alley to the Boardroom. She resides in New York City with her daughter and five animals.
