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American abortion rights activist

Marcy Bloom (born 1954) is an American pro-choice activist known for serving for eighteen years as executive director of Aradia Women's Health Center in Seattle. Bloom was the 2006 recipient of the ACLU's highest honor, the William O. Douglas Award, for her work.

Bloom has described abortion as a "moral good", rather than a necessary evil. She writes a regular column for RH Reality Check, and is a leading fundraiser for reproductive rights organizations in Mexico. In addition to her work for abortion rights, Bloom is regarded as an expert on the biological aspects of sexual intercourse.

During the 2000 Democratic primary campaign, Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey enlisted Bloom to tape radio ads critical of Al Gore's past flirtation with opposition to abortion.

Bloom is a board member of the Washington, D.C.–based National Abortion Rights Action League.

Bloom is now doing U.S. advocacy and capacity building for a Mexico City-based organization, GIRE – El Grupo de Informacion en Reproduccion Elegida/The Information Group on Reproductive Choice. The GIRE organization helps women in Mexico seek abortion rights. The reason she has migrated to work in the GIRE organization is because women in Mexico face less reproductive rights than women in the US. Bloom has lobbied against abortion restrictions in high court hearings to advocate for women reproduction rights.

References

  1. Cara Solomon, Viewing abortion as "a moral good" Archived 2008-03-17 at the Wayback Machine, Seattle Times, May 13, 2006
  2. Susan Paynter. Pioneering clinic celebrates 30 years of changing the world for women, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Oct 30,2002.
  3. Kevin Shipe, Cascadia Community College celebrates Human Rights Week, The Commons, Jan 17, 2007
  4. Nine Shapiro, They Had Abortions, Seattle Weekly, March 16, 2005
  5. Nicole Brodeur, Less of a choice Archived 2007-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, Seattle Times, Feb 2, 2007
  6. Dan Savage, Savage Love, San Francisco Weekly, Feb. 14, 1996
  7. Jake Tapper, Bill Bradley Takes His Final Shot Archived 2008-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, Salon, Feb 28,2000
  8. Sandra Sobieraj. Bradley speaks, but who's listening? Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Feb 27, 2000
  9. Diedtra Henderson, Abortion Issue Brings Out Activists On All Sides, Oct.4, 1993
  10. "Marcy Bloom". Rewire News Group. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  11. "Information Group on Reproductive Choice (GIRE) | Devex". www.devex.com. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  12. "How Washington state made its abortion laws Trump-proof". The Seattle Times. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2023-10-31.

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