Print Testimony given by Anne Nicol Gaylor at the abortion hearing of the Judiciary Committee, Wisconsin Assembly, May 25, 1971. The clinic referred to in the testimony reopened by federal …
Misc
Category for single articles that are landing pages for sections but would not go in a category listing of the section.
Appendix A: Writing Letters
Print A common question asked of the Women’s Medical Fund is “Where do you get the money to help these women?” My answer, “We beg!” No public monies, of course, …
Chapter 4: Who Are the Women?
Print (All names are fictitious) “My five-year-old was suspended from kindergarten,” 31-year-old Shelley Wood said, explaining the presence of her noisy child at home on a school day “He throws …
Chapter 3: Why Abortion?
Print After affluent, well-nourished Henry Hyde, a United States Congressperson from Illinois, succeeded in halting federal funding of abortions for needy women, that law, upheld by the United States Supreme …
Chapter 2: Launching the Women’s Medical Fund
Print Prior to the Roe v Wade decision, Prof. Robert West of the University of Wisconsin Chemistry Department, his wife Peggy and I were discussing a particularly sad situation where …
Chapter 1: Introduction to Activism
Print A quarter of a century ago, in the late 1960s, I became an abortion rights advocate. As editor of a small, struggling suburban weekly, which I co-owned with my …
Foreword
Print My favorite story—apocryphal, I’m sure—has to do with the intake procedure of a small mental hospital with many referrals and little space. In deciding if they could assist a …
In Appreciation
Print In addition to my personal cheers for the Thanks Be to Grandmother Winifred Foundation for its concern for women, I wish to acknowledge two decades of generous help from …
The Myth of Choice for Women Who Are Poor
Print By Anne Nicol Gaylor Truly heart-rending stories of women seeking to gain control of their lives. Pregnant women who are poor, ill and disadvantaged continue to be denied the …
