Veteran activists say the overthrow of Roe v Wade would equate to murder, and should send warning signals around the world.
A leader in the struggle for women’s rights
A leader in the struggle for women’s rights
Veteran activists say the overthrow of Roe v Wade would equate to murder, and should send warning signals around the world.
Abortion-rights activists expect more than a quarter of a million women to come to New York seeking abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
Merle received an email update from Karyn G. Gershon, the Executive Director of Project Kesher about a groundbreaking event in Moscow as Dr. Shari Lusskin presented a lecture entitled “Improving the Treatment of Perinatal Depression: Pharmacotherapy in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women” as a direct result of a joint project between Merle and Project Kesher.
Merle received an email update from Karyn G. Gershon, the Executive Director of Project Kesher about a groundbreaking event in Moscow as Dr. Shari Lusskin presented a lecture entitled “Improving the Treatment of Perinatal Depression: Pharmacotherapy in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women” as a direct result of a joint project between Merle and Project Kesher.
Nearly a half century ago, women with unwanted pregnancies would cross state lines seeking abortions that were legal in New York but banned in many other states across the country. Now new restrictions on abortion access are forcing women in several states to take similar measures and travel far from home to end pregnancies, health-care providers and supporters said. “We’ve had patients from Texas, from Georgia. We’ve had a patient from Alabama,” said Merle Hoffman, who runs Choices Women’s Medical Center, which provides abortions, in New York City.
Merle Hoffman is featured In the VFA Pioneer Histories Project, Second Wave activists, sharing her personal history of fighting for women’s health for decades, and the development of the Philosophy of Patient Power.
Activist and journalist Merle Hoffman has fought for women’s healthcare and reproductive rights for over 40 years.
On the 46th anniversary of Roe v Wade, NY signed a new abortion rights bill that Merle Hoffman finds “overdue”.
Choices would like to share an article from the NY Daily News featuring Merle Hoffman speaking about why she endorses Rory Lancman for Queens District Attorney.
Queens Daily Eagle part one in a series about Choices Women’s Medical Center, a women-owned and -operated outpatient medical facility that prides itself on offering compassionate reproductive healthcare for patients in the heart of Jamaica, Queens.
