Adios, Abortionist

Joyce Tarnow's a weird combo: a wiry, gray-haired mother of three who's a feminist, an environmentalist, and slightly wacko about population growth. "Fertility is an environmental issue," she says. "That's why I try to get as many people sterilized as are in my way!" Tarnow also has an interesting stance on immigration: America "can't take all the people in the world," she says. "We need to help nations that can subsist and let others wither on the vine." And how about this sensitive approach to countries like Haiti, which, she says, "has denuded the whole land"? "Stew in your own juices," is her advice. But now, Tarnow, who for 28 years has been a stalwart in the abortion battle, is closing her business, the Women's Clinic in Fort Lauderdale. "I'm ready to hang it up," the feisty 65-year-old says.

Posted by Editor at July 22, 2004 10:09 AM