Steph Herold
Steph Herold currently lives in Philadelphia, PA and works as a bilingual counselor at an independent abortion clinic. Steph and her boyfriend founded IAmDrTiller.com, a website that aims to honor Dr. Tiller and the experience of abortion providers. Steph has worked at an abortion access fund, her college women’s center, a rape crisis hotline, and a reproductive health research nonprofit. She was a recent recipient of an Our Bodies, Ourselves 2009 Women’s Health Hero award. When not thinking about uteruses, Steph fawns over the most adorable dogs at the Philly Animal Welfare Society and has awesome adventures with her sisters.
What is feminism?
Feminism is a wake up call for both men and women that all oppressions — sexism, racism, classism, homophobia — are interconnected and that working to undo them takes constant self scrutiny and discipline. Feminism means fighting bullshit with reality, even if that means that you have to be confrontational and reveal the deeply personal.
What is choice?
Choice is often talked about in relation to abortion, but it’s more all-encompassing than that. Choice is having the resources, rights, and information to make informed decisions about your body. Choice is about being allowed to explore awkward, difficult questions and have access to culturally competent, medically accurate answers. Choice is about the freedom to explore what options are right for you to have a physically and emotionally healthy life.
E-mail Steph: steph@feministsforchoice.com
