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Merle Hoffman (born March 6, 1946) is an American journalist, activist, and healthcare pioneer. Described by Blanche Wiesen Cook as someone who “never turned away from the harshest battles or denied the most painful truths,” Hoffman has played a key role in defining and defending women’s human and reproductive rights for over four decades. In 1971, two years prior to the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationally (Roe v. Wade), Hoffman helped to found one of America's first ambulatory abortion centers — the Flushing Women's Medical Center (since renamed “Choices”). She is also the co-founder of the National Abortion Federation (1976) and founder of the New York Pro-Choice Coalition (1985). In addition to continuing to serve as the CEO of Choices, now one of the nation's largest women’s medical facilities, Hoffman is the publisher of ''On the Issues'' magazine, an online feminist magazine. ==Early influences== Merle Hoffman was born in Philadelphia and raised in New York City. Initially intent on becoming a concert pianist, she attended the High School of Music and Art (grad. 1964) and graduated from Chatham Square Music School. After living and studying music in Paris, Hoffman returned to the states and graduated from Queens College, Phi Beta Kappa and magna Cum laude (1972). She attended the Social Psychology Doctoral Program at the City University of New York Graduate Center from 1972-1975. Hoffman was first exposed to “real activism” at Queens College in the late 60s and early 70s. There she attended a reading by the writer Anaïs Nin and later a lecture by Florynce Kennedy, who spoke about lesbianism and abortion, and delivered the now- famous slogan “If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.” Hoffman's first exposure to abortion was at the age of ten, when she overheard her parents discussing a Philadelphia physician whose patient had died during an illegal procedure. To cover for himself, he cut her up in pieces and put her remains down the drain. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Merle Hoffman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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