Everywoman's Abortions

This article by Susan Brownmiller covering the Redstockings' abortion speakout was published in The Village Voice on March 27, 1969. Brownmiller quotes one of the younger girls who testified at the speakout who said, "We are the true experts, the only experts, we who've had abortions."

This gathering was the first time Gloria Steinem heard women sharing their abortion experiences in public. She often cites this moment as her feminist awakening and the realization that there was a need for a feminist magazine like Ms.