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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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CHOICES Stands Firm Despite Court Ruling

My Urgent Message now is to assure all of you in our Choices community and the broader reproductive rights/reproductive justice movement, that Choices Women’s Medical Center will never retreat from our commitment to continue to provide the very best and most comprehensive women’s healthcare.

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Out of the Closet— One by One

Is New York supportive of abortion rights? As one of the first states to legalize it and as a state considered the “Abortion Capital of America,” one might think so. But if you looked at what happens at Choices every Saturday morning you could have another view. Even before I moved to our current location on Jamaica Avenue in 2012, the large organized anti-abortion protests began.

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Merle Hoffman: Courage In The Face Of Hate

Activist and journalist Merle Hoffman had been instrumental in the fight for women’s healthcare and reproductive rights long before the conversation was being had on a national scale. For more than 40 years, Hoffman has made tremendous sacrifices to ensure that women have a say when sweeping political decisions take place.

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October 2017 – Choices in the News

Choices’ October 2017 newsletter announces New Services to Begin for Women in Prison, New York Political Leaders Visit Choices, and Merle Hoffman with members of the new Women’s Action Group.

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CHOICES is closed Friday, July 4th, 2025, in observance of Independence Day.

We reopen for normal business hours 7:00 am Saturday, July 5th, 2025, for GYN and Medication Abortion Appointments only. Our Surgery Center and Procedural Abortion services will remain closed on Saturday and re-open for normal business hours on Tuesday, July 8th, 2025.

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Appointments can easily be made online by clicking here. Appointments for all services are available Tuesday July 1st, Wednesday July 2nd, and Thursday July 3rd, 2025. On Saturday, July 5th, 2025, we are offering GYN and Medication Abortion Appointments only. Our surgical center is closed on July 4th and 5th and will re-open on Tuesday, July 8th.