Marcy Bloom

Marcy Bloom (born 1954) is an American pro-choice activist who served for eighteen years as executive director of Aradia Women's Health Center in Seattle.[1][2] Bloom was the 2006 recipient of the ACLU's highest honor, the William O. Douglas Award, for her thirty-five years of work on reproductive rights.[3]

Bloom is among those pro-choice advocates who has advocated for an Abortion Pride Movement, seeing it as a religious calling.[1] She describes abortion as a "moral good" rather than a necessary evil.[4] She writes a regular column for RH Reality Check. She is also a leading fundraiser for reproductive rights organizations in Mexico.[5] In addition to her work for abortion rights, Bloom is regarded as an expert on the biological aspects of sexual intercourse.[6]

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.[7][8]

Bloom is a board member of the Washington, DC.-based National Abortion Rights Action League.[9]

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
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