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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman points to a poster showing alleged harassment outside the Queens clinic

Pro-life protesters threatened to kill clinic patients, workers: suit

06/20/2017·

“The tactics used to harass and menace Choices’ patients, families, volunteers, and staff are not only horrifying – they’re illegal,” Schneiderman said in a statement.

Hoffman receives 2015 “Bella” Award

07/06/2016·

"I always thought of Bella when I found myself speaking to crowds and exhorting and inspiring them to fight against another kind of war, a…

Merle Hoffman would wield a wire hanger at protests, to help get her point across. (Courtesy Merle Hoffman)

Outside Choices with Escorts and Protestors

04/11/2016·

We spent a day outside one of New York State’s largest abortion clinics and talked with escorts and protesters.

Merle Hoffman holds up one of her favorite protest props.

Abortion Without the Clinic

03/31/2016·

A groundbreaking new experiment is launching allowing women to obtain abortion-inducing drugs through the mail.

Picture of Merle Hoffman in East Hampton

Abortion Rights Activist to Speak in East Hampton

06/28/2012·

With death threats a part of her routine at the clinic, Merle Hoffman has been fighting a passionate, perilous battle since the early 1970s.

Merle Hoffman raises her trademark hanger outside St Patricks Cathedral in New York in 1989. Photograph: Courtesy of Merle Hoffman

This is about every woman, it affects all of us

06/11/2012·

Merle Hoffman, who opened a clinic providing abortions before they became legal across America, talks about her career as a battle.

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