Merle's Gallery

Radio Interviews

Merle Hoffman on the Front Lines of the Feminist Fight
WNYC radio (no video)

Before Roe v. Wade — The Price Women Paid
from Equal Time with Martha BurkLength: 28:23 (no video)
On the 40th anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion throughout the U.S., series host Martha Burk interviews Merle Hoffman, who ran a New York abortion clinic before Roe.

Our Bodies, Ourselves – 40 years of fighting fear
Norsigian talks about why women’s reproductive health information is still controversial, and what has kept the book a top source of information for two generations.  The Library of Congress selected the original edition as one of the 88 books included in its 2012 Books That Shaped America exhibition.

First broadcast January 12, 2013.  This interview originally broadcast as the second half hour of a one hour program that included a first half-hour interview with Merle Hoffman, founder of Choices Women’s Health Center, providing abortions in New York before Roe v. Wade legalized the procedure nationally in 1973. Merle Hoffman interview can be listened to at this location.