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A Message From Merle

Choices Welcomes YOU, No Matter Where You Live!

Women are crossing state lines again to come to Choices for safe and legal abortions that they cannot get elsewhere – And we welcome all of them! – Merle Hoffman, Founder/President Choices Women’s Medical Center

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Having Mental Problems? No Surprise – You’re Female!

Women’s History Month is a good time to discuss and address the difficulties of being female in a diversity of societies in the world today. The World Health Organization has done just that in a report on Gender Disparities and Mental Health.

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Learning from History on International Women’s Day

In 1987, March was officially declared Women’s History Month in the USA. With the attacks piling upon abortion and on women’s very right to a life of her own choosing and in some cases on her very life itself, it’s no time for feel-good  pats-on-the-back or congratulatory high-fives.  Read the rest of this newsletter to find out more. And let’s pay tribute to the brave marchers of 1908 by heeding their example and getting ready to pick up the pace of struggle.

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International Women’s Day – Women’s History Month

March 8, 1908: Women demanded dignity and respect.
March 2019: So where are we today?

On March 8, 1908, many thousands of women garment workers poured out of New York City’s firetrap factories and demanded decent working and living conditions. Their bold action inspired March 8 to be celebrated all over the world. Some of the specifics of women’s lives may have changed since then, but their cry to be treated like human beings with dignity and respect, a cry for justice and freedom, is just as relevant and just as necessary today as then.

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Causette Magazine features Choices: États-Unis Avortement sous protection rapprochée

Causette Magazine features an article on abortion, Choices Women’s Medical Center, Merle Hoffman and the state of the abortion battle in the United States.

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Putting Love into Practice

Choices escorts are out every Saturday attempting to protect women against the harassment and bullying of anti-choice demonstrators.

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Black History Month at Choices

One key issue looming large, especially this month: Why are maternal and infant mortality rates disturbingly high in the Black community? And what is being done about it?

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What’s Love Got to Do With It?

“The entire issue of surrogacy is another arena …

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Merle Hoffman and Choices Women’s Medical Center attend “Wickedest Woman”

Recent Events Jessica O’Hara Baker in the lead …

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CHOICES February 2019 Newsletter

Recent events and news for February 2019 including a Message from Merle, Black History Month, Reproductive Health News, Baby M and commercial surrogacy, and the Day of Zero Tolerance.

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New York abortion law: Why are so many people talking about it?

BBC.com reports that on the 46th anniversary of Roe v Wade, the landmark US ruling that made abortion legal, NY signed a new abortion rights bill that Merle Hoffman finds “overdue”.

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The New Reproductive Health Act (RHA) in New York State – What Does it Mean for You?

The first thing you need to know is that in New York State abortion services to 24 weeks of pregnancy will remain available and accessible to all women and teens with no restrictions. Choices has been proud to offer these services in complete confidentiality since 1971.

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46 Years of Roe v. Wade: The Struggle Continues

This historic action was defined by the Philadelphia Inquirer as “an important strategic change in the movement,” and I was also quoted on the cover of the New York Times Metro Section saying, “Women’s rights are in a state of emergency.” Ten years later in 1998, I wrote the following list of action items to guide the pro-choice movement into the future.

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2018 Year In Review at CHOICES

2019 marks the 48th year of Choices and the 46th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade as Choices Women’s Medical Center looks to the future. In 2018, Choices added services and solidified relationships, and founder Merle Hoffman returned to Russia to continue the Choices mission abroad.

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Love and the Unexpected at CHOICES

This year marked the 30th Anniversary of World AIDS Day, a global health campaign founded by the World Health Organization in 1988 to raise awareness of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and mourn those who have lost their lives to AIDS. Three years before the founding of World AIDS Day I took a trip that forever impacted my conception of the illness.

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CHOICES is Now Offering 24-7 Chat Service

Choices is excited to announce our new free 24 hour, 7 day a week, chat service is available for questions with women’s health issues and to help you set up your appointments.

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Merle Hoffman endorses Rory Lancman for Queens District Attorney

Queens DA candidate Rory Lancman picks up endorsement from abortion rights pioneer Merle Hoffman. 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.

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November 2018, CHOICES Newsletter

Return to Russia: Twenty-five years ago, Choices Founder and CEO Merle Hoffman made a groundbreaking journey to Moscow bringing contraception, state-of-the-art abortion technology and her catalyzing message of reproductive freedom.

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Reports from Russia

For decades, Merle Hoffman has taken great interest in the state of reproductive care in Russia. On her last trip, she brought a delegation from Choices, state-of-the-art abortion technology, and her profound concept of Patient Power. Years later, she is still encouraging women to embrace themselves as experts of their own experiences.

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Tie a Purple Ribbon for Domestic Violence

The Choices October 2018 Newsletter covers the topics of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, GOOD MENTAL HEALTH ESSENTIAL FOR OVERALL HEALTH By Merle Hoffman, TODAY MOSCOW—TOMORROW THE WORLD, ENDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, and Recent Visitors to Choices.

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