Nora W. Coffey
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Nora W. Coffey is a prominent women’s health advocate, activist and educator.
She has lectured extensively in the United States and in Europe. Coffey has been a guest lecturer in medical schools, nursing schools, undergraduate and graduate programs. She has been invited to present papers to Women and Gender Studies Conferences and women’s health organizations. She has also been interviewed by 20/20, Oprah Winfrey
, Phil Donahue
, and Good Morning America
. Interviews with Coffey have appeared in the New York Times http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEFDF163CF933A1575AC0A96E948260&sec=health&spon=&pagewanted=all http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E5D8103FF934A25751C0A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all, Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-hysterectomy15aug15,0,2963288.column?coll=la-home-health, Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/news/globe/health_science/articles/2005/08/08/hysterectomy_performed_too_often/, New York Magazine, Newsweek
, USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/women/2002-01-08-fibroids.htm, Ms. Magazine and others http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/02/01/84939/index.htm http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/.
She has testified at U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/01/transcripts/3753t2.pdf hearings and works with FDA to ensure the reporting of adverse events of uterine artery embolization (UAE), also called uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) Uterine artery embolization
.
Coffey founded the Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services (HERS) Foundation
in 1982 http://www.hersfoundation.og. The foundation is the only independent non-profit organization solely dedicated to the alternatives to and aftermath of hysterectomy.
Coffey produced Rick Schweikert’s play “un becoming” which premiered Off-Broadway in 2004. It was subsequently seen in 23 other cities and produced in Washington, D.C. in 2005. Barbara Seaman
, the acclaimed writer, health advocate and author of The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women: Exploding the Estrogen Myth said of Schweikert’s play “Every woman, man and child should see this play!”
In 2004-2005 she led the only nationwide protest against hysterectomy. The protest took place in front of hospitals in every state, every day, for a year.
Currently Coffey is working toward a sustainable legal remedy to end hysterectomy without the information requisite to informed consent. Coffey and Schweikert’s book about the physical, political, economic and social environment surrounding hysterectomy will be published in early 2009. Coffey was honored by the Women's Way organization of Philadelphia at their 32nd Annual Powerful Voice Awards on May 6, 2009.
She has lectured extensively in the United States and in Europe. Coffey has been a guest lecturer in medical schools, nursing schools, undergraduate and graduate programs. She has been invited to present papers to Women and Gender Studies Conferences and women’s health organizations. She has also been interviewed by 20/20, Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011...
, Phil Donahue
Phil Donahue
Phillip John "Phil" Donahue is an American media personality, writer, and film producer best known as the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show. The television program, also known as Donahue, was the first to use a talk show format. The show had a 26-year run on U.S...
, and Good Morning America
Good Morning America
Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
. Interviews with Coffey have appeared in the New York Times http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEFDF163CF933A1575AC0A96E948260&sec=health&spon=&pagewanted=all http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E5D8103FF934A25751C0A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all, Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-hysterectomy15aug15,0,2963288.column?coll=la-home-health, Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/news/globe/health_science/articles/2005/08/08/hysterectomy_performed_too_often/, New York Magazine, Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
, USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/women/2002-01-08-fibroids.htm, Ms. Magazine and others http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/02/01/84939/index.htm http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/.
She has testified at U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/01/transcripts/3753t2.pdf hearings and works with FDA to ensure the reporting of adverse events of uterine artery embolization (UAE), also called uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) Uterine artery embolization
Uterine artery embolization
Uterine artery embolization is a procedure where an interventional radiologist uses a catheter to deliver small particles that block the blood supply to the uterine body...
.
Coffey founded the Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services (HERS) Foundation
Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services (HERS) Foundation
The Hysterectomy Educational Resources & Services Foundation is an independent non-profit international women’s health educational advocacy organization . The stated mission of the organization is to give women a greater voice within the healthcare system by education and advocacy programs...
in 1982 http://www.hersfoundation.og. The foundation is the only independent non-profit organization solely dedicated to the alternatives to and aftermath of hysterectomy.
Coffey produced Rick Schweikert’s play “un becoming” which premiered Off-Broadway in 2004. It was subsequently seen in 23 other cities and produced in Washington, D.C. in 2005. Barbara Seaman
Barbara Seaman
Barbara Seaman was an American author, activist, and journalist, and a principal founder of the women's health feminism movement.-Early years:Seaman, whose parents, Henry J...
, the acclaimed writer, health advocate and author of The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women: Exploding the Estrogen Myth said of Schweikert’s play “Every woman, man and child should see this play!”
In 2004-2005 she led the only nationwide protest against hysterectomy. The protest took place in front of hospitals in every state, every day, for a year.
Currently Coffey is working toward a sustainable legal remedy to end hysterectomy without the information requisite to informed consent. Coffey and Schweikert’s book about the physical, political, economic and social environment surrounding hysterectomy will be published in early 2009. Coffey was honored by the Women's Way organization of Philadelphia at their 32nd Annual Powerful Voice Awards on May 6, 2009.