Author: Merle Hoffman
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Published: 2012-01-10
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 1558617515
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1971 (two years before the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision to legalise abortion in the United States), Hoffman founded Choices, an abortion clinic in New York. As a medical provider, she pioneered 'patient power' encouraging women to participate in their own health care decisions. And going against even her own expectations for her life after fifty, she adopted a child and writes about her experience as a mother. Merle Hoffman has been on the front lines of the feminist movement, a fierce warrior in the battle for choice.
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Download or read book Intimate Wars written by Merle Hoffman and published by The Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1971 (two years before the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision to legalise abortion in the United States), Hoffman founded Choices, an abortion clinic in New York. As a medical provider, she pioneered 'patient power' encouraging women to participate in their own health care decisions. And going against even her own expectations for her life after fifty, she adopted a child and writes about her experience as a mother. Merle Hoffman has been on the front lines of the feminist movement, a fierce warrior in the battle for choice.