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News

  • News
  • Television
  • Radio
  • Periodicals
  • Lectures
  • un becoming
  • Other
  • March 2018
    Interview with Everyday Health
  • May 31, 2017
    Interview with health writer Chris Rauber
  • October 6, 2014
    Television interview, Cancun Mexico
  • October 3, 2014
    HERS president, Nora W Coffey, Keynote Speaker
    First Hysterectomy Conference in Mexico
  • May 22, 2013
    Join HERS for a discussion of the known risks and alleged benefits of hysterectomy
  • February 25, 2013
    “Questions About Robotic Hysterectomy” by Roni Caryn Rabin: New York Times Interview with Nora W. Coffey
  • January 18, 2013
    Body Language with Christopher Springmann: Interview with Nora W. Coffey
  • December 20, 2011
    The H Word is now available on iTunes
  • December 06, 2011
    Hysterectomy Rate Increasing According to CDC
  • October 30, 2010
    “What Women Want to KNOW” Expo
  • October 29, 2010
    Screening of Rick Schweikert’s play “un becoming”
  • June 17, 2010
    Your Time with Kim Iverson: Interview with Nora W. Coffey
  • June 11, 2010
    Mid Atlantic Women’s Studies Association 2010 Conference
  • June 01, 2010
    Keynote Speaker, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney: One Out of Three Women Undergo Hysterectomy By Age 60- Where Is The Outrage?
  • May 19, 2010
    “Maloney Mulls Cautionary Bill on Hysterectomy”
  • April 24, 2010
    U.S. Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, New York
  • March 18, 2010
    Hysterectomy Video Informed Consent Hearing
  • January 25, 2010
    Public Hearing for Hysterectomy Informed Consent Law in Indianapolis on Monday
  • October 23, 2009
    “Hysterectomy Risks and Alternatives”
  • September 04, 2009
    Informed Consent and The H Word : An Interview with Rick Schweikert
  • July 01, 2009
    “Anatomy of a Hysterectomy”
  • June 09, 2009
    The Women’s International Perspective (The WIP)
  • May 14, 2009
    Book review of The H Word and interview with co-author Rick Schweikert
  • May 06, 2009
    Nora W. Coffey Awarded the 2009 Powerful Voice Award by Women’s Way Press Release
    Nora W. Coffey Awarded the 2009 Powerful Voice Award by Women's Way
  • April 17, 2009
    HERS publishes a list of doctors who have been sent The H Word
  • February 15, 2009
    The H Word: What gynecology doesn’t want you to know about 100 years of hysterectomy and female castration in America
  • February 16, 2009
    Nora W. Coffey’s article “The American Heart Disassociation
  • February 04, 2009
    Nora W. Coffey’s article “Paying For The Bailout: How Unnecessary Medical Procedures Are Taxing The System”
  • December 18, 2008
    Nora W. Coffey’s article “HERS Gives Gynecologists Female Anatomy Lesson”
  • November 14, 2008
    HERS Twenty-Seventh Hysterectomy Conference
  • November 14, 2008
    Screening of “un becoming”
  • November 09, 2008
    Nora W. Coffey was interviewed by Carrie Lauth
  • February 13, 2008
    Should Americans Trust Health-Related Government Agencies to Provide Accurate Information?
  • February 01, 2008
    “Hysterectomy Hysteria”
  • January 01, 2008
    HERS Launches “Hysterectomy and Female Castration: the Enablers”
  • November 02, 2007
    HERS Twenty-Sixth Hysterectomy Conference
  • November 02, 2007
    Screening of “un becoming”
  • August 01, 2007
    12-Minute Video to Save Health Insurance Providers More than $17 Billion Each Year
  • August 03, 2007
    Lack Of Information Predicts Hysterectomy Risk
  • July 25, 2007 / July 26, 2007
    Women’s Health: Myth vs Fact
  • June 13, 2007
    “HERS Gives Gynecologists Female Anatomy Lesson
  • June 5, 2007
    HERS notifies gynecologists that failure to provide the 12-minute video “Female Anatomy: the Functions of the Female Organs” is a breach of their professional duty.
  • May 24, 2007
    Joe Madison Show: Nora W. Coffey Interview
  • April 27, 2007
    HERS Ads for “Say No ‘Til You Know” Petition
  • April 25, 2007
    “Say No ‘Til You Know”
  • April 25, 2007
    HERS launches “Say No ‘Til You Know” Petition
  • April 23, 2007
    HERS Female Anatomy: the Functions of the Female Organs
  • October, 2006
    HERS Twenty-Fifth Hysterectomy Conference
  • June, 2006
    Video Recording of “un becoming”
  • July, 2005
    Nora W. Coffey Invited to Speak in Graz and Vienna to Women’s Health Organizations
  • March 2004
    HERS begins a yearlong Protest Against Unwarranted, Unconsented, and Unwanted Hysterectomy
  • February 5, 2004
    HERS produces “un becoming”

Other interviews, lectures and consulting

Television Interviews

  • 20/20
  • ABC-WLS Chicago, IL
  • CBC “The Nature of Things”
  • Channel 7 News
  • Good Morning America
  • HBO – “Warning:  Medicine May Be Hazardous
  • To Your Health”
  • News 12 Long Island
  • Oprah Winfrey
  • PBS Healthweek
  • People Are Talking
  • Phil Donahue
  • Public Access Cable 7—“Focus on Great Falls”
  • Sally Jesse
  • Raphael
  • Today Show
  • WHDH Boston “Healthcast”
  • WLYH TV 15, Harrisburg PA
  • WVIT, Connecticut
  • WWAY, Wilmington NC
  • …and others

Consultant for Television Programs

  • LA Law
  • thirtysomething

Radio Interviews

  • Arizona Viewpoint
  • Gary Null Radio Show
  • National Public Radio WHYY—“Fresh Air with Terry Gross”
  • National Public Radio KERA—“Glenn Mitchell Show”
  • National Public Radio KNBA—“Heartbeat Alaska”
  • National Public Radio MTPR—Missoula
  • KWXY, Palm Springs CA
  • Voice of America
  • WCCO, Minneapolis MN
  • WCTC, New  Brunswick NJ
  • WDZL, Miami FL
  • WLVT PBS, New York, NY
  • WMOT, Middle Tennessee State University
  • WOR, New York NY
  • …and others

Magazine Interviews

  • AARP
  • American Health
  • Erotica
  • Essence
  • Family Circle
  • Fitness
  • Forum
  • Intracorp
  • Glamour
  • Harper’s
  • Heart And Soul
  • Ladies’ Home Journal
  • Modern Maturity
  • Money
  • More Magazine
  • Mothering
  • Ms.
  • Newsweek
  • New Woman
  • New York
  • New York Times
  • Oregon
  • Parents
  • Patient Care
  • Philadelphia
  • Prevention
  • Readers Digest
  • Rhode Island Monthly
  • San Francisco
  • Self
  • Seventeen
  • Shape Magazine
  • Staten Island Parents Magazine
  • Today’s Health
  • Upscale
  • Vogue
  • Woman Of Power
  • Woman’s Day
  • Woman’s World
  • Working Mother
  • …and others

Newspaper Interviews

  • The Arizona Republic
  • The Asahi News (Tokyo)
  • Atlanta Constitution
  • The Boston Globe
  • Boston Herald
  • Die Standard
  • Stephanie Scherow
  • Cape Cod Times
  • Chattanooga Times Free Press
  • Chicago SunTimes
  • Communique Elles
  • The Dallas Morning News
  • DARE – Tennesee’s Gay and Lesbian Newsweekly
  • Detroit News
  • The Examiner
  • Jackson Free Press
  • Las Vegas Times
  • Los Angeles Times
  • The Main Line Times
  • New Directions for Women
  • New York Times
  • Newsday
  • Office.com
  • Omaha World Herald
  • Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Standard-Examiner
  • The Stockton Record
  • Syracuse Herald-Journal
  • Tribune Review
  • Union News
  • USA Today
  • Wall Street Journal
  • Wilmington Star-News, North Carolina
  • Woman’s Newspaper
  • The Woman’s Reporter
  • …and others

Lectures

  • The American Medical Student Association Foundation’s  40th Anniversary Convention
  • Bucks County NOW
  • Elizabeth Blackwell Health Center for Women
  • Mid-Atlantic Women’s Studies Association conferences
  • Middle Tennessee State University, Nursing
  • Montville NJ Public Library
  • National Medical Students Association, Women in Medicine
  • National Women’s Studies Association conferences
  • Peekskill NY Public Library
  • Planned Parenthood
  • Temple University Medical Students Association
  • University of Connecticut Women’s Studies Conference
  • University of Montana Nursing School
  • University of Pennsylvania Medical School Student’s Association
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical School Student’s Association
  • Vanderbilt University, Women’s Center
  • West Chester University
  • Women’s Bar Association of Philadelphia
  • Women’s Health Alliance
  • Frauengesundheitszentrum – Graz, Austria
  • The Women’s Health Centre – Vienna, Austria
  • Women’s Small Business Association Of Delaware Valley
  • Women’s Small Business Association Of New York
  • Young Women’s Christian Association of Philadelphia
  • …and others

Productions, Readings, & Screenings of “un becoming” with Talk-back Discussions

  • 45th Street Theater, New York NY
  • Arts At St. John’s Church, Miami FL
  • Belcourt Theater, Nashville TN
  • Birmingham Community House, Detroit MI
  • Boulevard Ensemble Studio Theater, Milwaukee WI
  • Community Education Center, Philadelphia PA
  • Eccentric Theatre Company @ Cyrano’s, Anchorage AK
  • El Centro Su Teatro, Denver CO
  • Fantasy Theatre Factory, Miami FL
  • Florida International University, Theater Department, Miami FL
  • Free Library, Philadelphia PA
  • Grace United Methodist Church, Dallas TX
  • Great Falls Public Library, Great Falls MT
  • Heart & Soul Yoga Studio, Boston MA
  • Hydeware Theatre, St. Louis MO
  • Kinkajou Coffee House, Des Moines IA
  • Late Night Theater, Kansas City, KS
  • Mercury Café, Denver CO
  • Montana State University, Women’s Center
  • Off-Market Theater / C.A.F.E, San Francisco CA
  • Pier One Theatre, Homer AK
  • Playwright’s Center, Minneapolis MN
  • Princeton Center For Yoga & Health, Princeton NJ
  • Run Of The Mill Theater, Baltimore MD
  • Secret Rose Theatre, Los Angeles CA
  • Shelterbelt Theatre, Omaha NE
  • Still Water Theater, Raleigh NC
  • University of Alabama, Women’s Studies
  • University of Montana, Women’s Center
  • University of Washington, Women’s Studies
  • VisionQuest Theater Company, Atlanta GA
  • Warehouse Theater, Washington DC
  • West Virginia University, Female Equality Movement
  • Westin Hotel, Pasadena (HERS Conference)

Newsletters

  • Broomstick
  • Healthfacts
  • Women’s Health Center Management

Documentaries

  • The Hysterectomy Epidemic
  • NOW
  • Sudden Changes
  • Women’s Health & Hysterectomy, Korea

Testimony

  • Federal Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Expert witness

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If you have questions or if you would like to discuss these issues please contact HERS at
610-667-7757 M-F 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST.

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