...more hysterectomy protests....

June 24, 2004

More insight on Ms. Coffey from HERS....

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Group to protest `unwanted' hysterectomies

By Gregg Hennigan, Iowa

gregghennigan@...

Nora Coffey thought she was acting sensibly. She consulted with five

doctors and asked lots of questions. Her last physician was a woman,

which comforted her. But she told the 36-year-old Coffey, " You're not

going to live to see your children grow up unless you have this

surgery immediately. "

The surgery was a hysterectomy. Coffey had a large ovarian cyst that

caused heavy menstrual bleeding every day for about a year, vaginal

pressure and intermittent pelvic pain. Ovarian cysts, which are

fluid-filled sacks, are common among women during their reproductive

years and often are harmless. But some bleed or rupture. They can also

be cancerous.

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The Scarlet H

by Ayana

May 20, 2004

The sign, " !Stop! HYSTERECTOMY DAMAGES WOMEN, " strapped to the side of

a royal-blue Subaru parked in front of the University Medical Center,

caught the attention of many ians the first week of April.

Standing near the car on State Street was Nora Coffey of Philadelphia,

Penn., the president of Hysterectomy Educational Resources and

Services, which she refers to as HERS.

Coffey is driving through all 50 states and the District of Columbia

over the next year to protest against doctors performing

hysterectomies without the patients having complete knowledge of the

consequences of the process. She started the organization to give

women who have had a hysterectomy a place where they could be helped

when physicians were not accommodating with all the information

surrounding the procedure.

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