Press/News

• MedlinePlus a Minus for Women
  Should Americans trust health-related government agencies to provide accurate information?
  Press release
  February 13, 2008
• Sister2Sister Magazine
  Nora W. Coffey was interviewed for an article titled “Hysterectomy Hysteria,” with a photo from HERS nationwide protest.
  February 2008
  
• HERS' Twenty-Sixth Hysterectomy Conference
  and
  Screening of UN BECOMING
  Pasadena, California
  November 2-3, 2007
• Health Insurance Underwriter Magazine
  Rick Schweikert’s article “12-Minute Video to Save Health Insurance Providers More than $17 Billion Each Year”
  Published August 2007
• Lack Of Information Predicts Hysterectomy Risk
  Lack of informed consent is present in almost all hysterectomies, a U.S. study confirms.
  Press release
  August 3, 2007
• Women’s Health: Myth vs Fact
  Female Anatomy Exposed: If the female sex organs were visible like the male sex organs,
  would they still be removed from 622,000 women each year?
  Press release
  July 25, 2007
• 2007 National Women’s Studies Association Conference
  HERS has been invited to give three presentations at the annual NWSA conference.
  June 28-29, 2007
• The "Barbra Alexander" Show
  Nora W. Coffey was interviewed on this nationally syndicated talk-show.
  June 26, 2007
• "HERS Gives Gynecologists Female Anatomy Lesson:
  12-Minute Video to Save $17B/Year"
  Press release
  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.
  Letter was sent to the chairman and department faculty of Obstetrics & Gynecology at 10 of the top-ranked medical schools in America.
  June 5, 2007
• Joe Madison Show
  Nora W. Coffey was interviewed on this nationally syndicated talk show.
  May 24, 2007
• HERS supporters publish ads in newspapers nationwide to draw attention to the Say No ‘Til You Know petition and to provide a paper petition to those who lack internet access.
  April 27, 2007
• “Say No ‘Til You Know”
  Press release
  April 25, 2007
• HERS launches “Say No ‘Til You Know” petition
  Thousands of men and women from every state of the country are signing this petition in support of every woman’s right to know.
  April 25, 2007
• HERS’ 12-minute video “Female Anatomy: the Functions of the Female Organs”
  goes public.
  Female Anatomy video is broadcast internationally via worldwide web video hosting sites.
  April 23, 2007
• HERS Twenty-Fifth Hysterectomy Conference
  Screening of UN BECOMING
  Nashville, Tennessee
  October, 2006
• HERS produces video recording of UN BECOMING
  The DVD has been distributed around the world, and screenings have been presented in Philadelphia, Nashville, Billings, Great Falls, and Missoula.
  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
  51 protests, in front of 51 hospitals, each one in a different city in every state of the country. The protest began in Birmingham, Alabama and culminated in a march on the nation’s capitol in Washington, DC and a production of UN BECOMING at the Warehouse Theater.
  March 2004—March 2005
• HERS produces UN BECOMING
  Rick Schweikert’s play about the physical, political, economic, and social impact of hysterectomy premieres at the 45th Street Theatre, New York, and in more than 30 other cities around the country.
  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