Biography of gloria steinem abortion

Often called the ‘first feminist’, Gloria Steinem (1934-) detailed in an interview how she became active.

In her mid-30s, while working as a journalist for New York Magazine, she covered a discussion of abortion that was being held in a church basement.

Biography of gloria steinem abortion

She sat at the edge of the group, listening to the women’s stories, such as about how a board of men at a hospital wanted one woman to tell them how she got pregnant: “It was some kind of voyeuristic exercise. Then they told her that they would give her the abortion, but only if she agreed to be sterilized.

That was unusual only in that she was white.

“Another talked about a wonderful abortion doctor from Pennsylvania who helped thousands of women. He charged very little and handed you socialist literature on the way out.

“One woman’s boyfriend had told her she couldn’t get pregnant if it was his second orgasm.

I can remember people laughing.”

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