Rebecca Chalker is an internationally renowned women's health writer and activist. Her books include The Complete Cervical Cap Guide, Overcoming Bladder Disorders, and A Women's Book of Choices: Abortion, Menstrual Extraction, RU-486. She edited A New View of a Woman's Body and How to Stay Out of the Gynecologist's Office. She has published articles for Ms., Village Voice, and Self, among other magazines and academic journals, and she often lectures on women's health and sexuality issues.