‘Get them to the door safely’: Jamaica abortion clinic sees escort numbers grow following Roe reversal
Veteran activists say the overthrow of Roe v Wade would equate to murder, and should send warning signals around the world.
Veteran activists say the overthrow of Roe v Wade would equate to murder, and should send warning signals around the world.
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.
The New York Times featured a story on Merle Hoffman and her lifelong dedication as an abortion rights leader and activist.
It was 1971, 50 years ago, one half of a century, when I saw my first patient in a small medical center in Queens, NY.
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.
The act of abortion positions women at their most powerful, and that is why it is so strongly opposed by many in society. Historically viewed and conditioned to be passive, dependent creatures, and victims of biological circumstance, women assume the power over life and death with the choice of abortion—it is THEY who decide when and whether to bring new life into the world.
Statistics often put people to sleep. But any one of the new laws should be enough to cause waking nightmares for everyone concerned about women’s
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
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.
Choices escorts are out every Saturday attempting to protect women against the harassment and bullying of anti-choice demonstrators.
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”.