# Marcy Bloom

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**Marcy Bloom** (born 1954) is an American [pro-choice](/source/Pro-choice) activist known for serving for eighteen years as executive director of [Aradia Women's Health Center](/source/Aradia_Women's_Health_Center) in [Seattle](/source/Seattle).[1][2] Bloom was the 2006 recipient of the [ACLU](/source/ACLU)'s highest honor, the William O. Douglas Award, for her work.[3]

Bloom has described [abortion](/source/Abortion) as a "moral good", rather than a necessary evil.[4] She writes a regular column for RH Reality Check, and is a leading fundraiser for reproductive rights organizations in Mexico.[5] In addition to her work for abortion rights, Bloom is regarded as an expert on the biological aspects of sexual intercourse.[6]

During the 2000 Democratic primary campaign, Senator [Bill Bradley](/source/Bill_Bradley) of New Jersey enlisted Bloom to tape radio ads critical of Al Gore's past flirtation with opposition to abortion.[7][8]

Bloom is a board member of the Washington, D.C.–based [National Abortion Rights Action League](/source/National_Abortion_Rights_Action_League).[9]

Bloom is now doing U.S. advocacy and capacity building for a Mexico City-based organization, GIRE – El Grupo de Informacion en Reproduccion Elegida/The Information Group on Reproductive Choice. The GIRE organization helps women in Mexico seek abortion rights.[10] The reason she has migrated to work in the GIRE organization is because women in Mexico face less reproductive rights than women in the US.[11] Bloom has lobbied against abortion restrictions in high court hearings to advocate for women reproduction rights.[12]

## References

1. Cara Solomon, [Viewing abortion as "a moral good"](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002991097_advocate13m.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080317215826/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002991097_advocate13m.html) 2008-03-17 at the Wayback Machine, Seattle Times, May 13, 2006

1. [Susan Paynter](/source/Susan_Paynter). Pioneering clinic celebrates 30 years of changing the world for women, *Seattle Post-Intelligencer* Oct 30, 2002.

1. Kevin Shipe, [Cascadia Community College celebrates Human Rights Week](http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-133577049.html)[dead link], The Commons, Jan 17, 2007

1. Nine Shapiro, [They Had Abortions](http://www.seattleweekly.com/2005-03-16/news/they-had-abortions/), Seattle Weekly, March 16, 2005

1. Nicole Brodeur, [Less of a choice](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003552436_brodeur02m.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070402054527/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003552436_brodeur02m.html) 2007-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, Seattle Times, Feb 2, 2007

1. Dan Savage, Savage Love, San Francisco Weekly, Feb. 14, 1996

1. Jake Tapper, [Bill Bradley Takes His Final Shot](http://archive.salon.com/politics2000/feature/2000/02/28/bradley/index.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080307100952/http://archive.salon.com/politics2000/feature/2000/02/28/bradley/index.html) 2008-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, Salon, Feb 28, 2000

1. Sandra Sobieraj. Bradley speaks, but who's listening? Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Feb 27, 2000

1. Diedtra Henderson, [Abortion Issue Brings Out Activists On All Sides](https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19931004/1724336/abortion-issue-brings-out-activists-on-all-sides), Oct.4, 1993

1. ["Marcy Bloom"](https://rewirenewsgroup.com/authors/marcy-bloom/). *Rewire News Group*. Retrieved 2023-10-31.

1. ["Information Group on Reproductive Choice (GIRE) | Devex"](https://www.devex.com/organizations/information-group-on-reproductive-choice-gire-64121). *www.devex.com*. Retrieved 2023-10-31.

1. ["How Washington state made its abortion laws Trump-proof"](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/what-would-a-conservative-supreme-court-mean-for-roe-v-wade-to-local-activists-its-history-repeating/). *The Seattle Times*. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2023-10-31.

## External links

- [We Already Have An Abortion Pride Movement](https://rewire.news/article/2009/04/13/we-already-have-abortion-pride-movement/)

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