Press/News
- The H Word is now available on iTunes
December 20, 2011
- Hysterectomy
Rate Increasing According to CDC
December 06, 2011
- "What Women Want to KNOW" Expo
October 30, 2010
- Screening of Rick Schweikert's play "un becoming"
October 29, 2010
- Your Time with Kim Iverson:
Interview with Nora W. Coffey
June 17, 2010
- Mid Atlantic Women's Studies Association 2010
Conference
June 11, 2010
- Keynote Speaker, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney: One Out of Three Women
Undergo Hysterectomy By Age 60- Where Is The Outrage?
June 01, 2010
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"Maloney Mulls Cautionary Bill on Hysterectomy"
May 19, 2010 - U.S. Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, New York
April 24, 2010 - Hysterectomy Video Informed Consent Hearing
March 18, 2010
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Public Hearing for Hysterectomy Informed Consent Law in Indianapolis on Monday
January 25, 2010
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"Hysterectomy Risks and Alternatives"
October 23, 2009 -
"What Women MUST Know"
September 14, 2009
- Informed Consent and The H Word
: An Interview with Rick Schweikert
September 04, 2009
- "Anatomy of a Hysterectomy"
July 01, 2009
- The Women's International
Perspective (The WIP)
June 09, 2009
- Book review of The H Word and
interview with co-author Rick Schweikert
May 14, 2009
- Nora W. Coffey Awarded the 2009 Powerful Voice Award by
Women's Way
Press Release
May 06, 2009

- HERS publishes a list of doctors who have been sent The
H Word
April 17, 2009 - The H Word: What gynecology doesn’t want you to know about 100 years of
hysterectomy and female castration in America
February 15, 2009
- Nora W. Coffey’s article “The American Heart
Disassociation
February 16, 2009
- Nora W.
Coffey’s article “Paying For The Bailout: How Unnecessary Medical Procedures Are Taxing The System"
February 04, 2009
- Nora W. Coffey’s article “HERS Gives Gynecologists Female Anatomy Lesson”
December 18, 2008 - HERS Twenty-Seventh Hysterectomy Conference
November 14, 2008
- Screening of "un becoming"
November 14, 2008. - Nora W. Coffey was interviewed by Carrie Lauth
November 09, 2008
- Should Americans Trust Health-Related Government Agencies to Provide Accurate Information?
February 13, 2008
- “Hysterectomy Hysteria,”
February 01, 2008
- HERS Launches “Hysterectomy and Female
Castration: the Enablers”
January 01, 2008
- HERS' Twenty-Sixth Hysterectomy Conference
November 02, 2007
- Screening of "un becoming"
November 02, 2007
- 12-Minute Video to Save Health Insurance Providers More than $17
Billion Each Year
August 01, 2007
- Lack Of Information Predicts Hysterectomy Risk
August 03, 2007
- Women’s Health: Myth vs Fact
July 25, 2007
- 2007 National Women’s Studies Association Conference
June 28, 2007
- The "Barbra Alexander"Show: Nora W. Coffey Interview
June 26, 2007
- "HERS Gives Gynecologists Female Anatomy Lesson
June 13, 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.
June 5, 2007 - Joe Madison Show: Nora W. Coffey Interview
May 24, 2007 - HERS Ads for "Say No 'Til You Know" Petition
April 27, 2007 - "Say No ‘Til You Know"
April 25, 2007 - HERS launches "Say No 'Til You Know"
Petition
April 25, 2007 - HERS Female Anatomy: the Functions of the Female Organs
April 23, 2007
- HERS Twenty-Fifth Hysterectomy Conference
October, 2006 - Video Recording of "un becoming"
June, 2006
- Nora W. Coffey Invited to Speak in Graz and Vienna to Women’s
Health Organizations
July, 2005 - HERS begins a yearlong Protest Against Unwarranted,
Unconsented, and Unwanted Hysterectomy
March 2004
- HERS produces "un becoming"
February 5, 2004
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