Merle Hoffman is a distinguished journalist, activist, and pioneer in women's healthcare. In 1971, she established one of the first ambulatory abortion centers, which has grown into one of the nation's most comprehensive women's medical facilities. She also serves as the publisher of On the Issues, a prominent feminist online magazine. Her work consistently champions women's rights and access to essential healthcare.
In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe V. Wade and a country divided, a pioneer in the pro-choice movement and women’s healthcare offers an unapologetic and authoritative take on abortion—“the front line and the bottom line of women’s freedom and liberty.”
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.