Before Roe v. Wade, an uncounted army of women dedicated ourselves to helping our sisters make decisions and take action about their unwanted pregnancies and other reproductive issues. We listened to their stories, counseled them about options and helped them find the services they needed. We often accompanied them to appointments and procedures.
Author: Ellen Meeropol
Ellen Meeropol is the author of four novels: Her Sister’s Tattoo, Kinship of Clover, On Hurricane Island and House Arrest. Her work has been honored by the Women’s National Book Association, the Massachusetts Center for the Book, PBS NewsHour, the American Book Fest and Publishers Weekly, and her essays have appeared most recently in Lilith, The Boston Globe, The Writer, Guernica and The Writers Chronicle. She is a founding member of Straw Dog Writers Guild and leads their Social Justice Writing committee.