National Rallies For Abortion Rights Held Across The U.S.

Nationwide Rallies Galvanize Fight To Protect Abortion

Groups challenged the potential dismantling of the decades-old law protecting the right to decide whether to have an abortion.
by Shannon Dawson and Anoa Changa
05.16.22
MoveOn And Abortion Access Activists Rally Outside SCOTUS To Demand Keep The #BansOffOurBodies

Amplify Georgia Collaborative Fights For Abortion Access

As a Black woman who manages local campaigns to expand abortion access in Georgia, reading Justice Alito’s words reminded me…
by Yemisi Miller-Tonnet
05.14.22
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Taking A Stand Against Forced Motherhood

In this moment of reproductive health, socio-economic and human rights crisis, Black women are doubling down and demanding the affirmation…
by Marcela Howell
05.08.22
Leaked Report Indicates Supreme Court Set To Overturn Roe v. Wade

Abortion Remains Legal Despite SCOTUS Leak

Supporting the work of abortion funds and reproductive justice organizations is paramount.
by Anoa Changa
05.04.22
Amid High Mortality Rates Black Women Turn To Midwives

Tufts University Launches Black Maternal Health Center

African American mothers are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than White women.
by Shannon Dawson
04.17.22
Rally For Abortion Justice

Abortion Bans Interfere With Bodily Autonomy and Self-Determination

Our fight for better care for Black birthing people and our fight to keep abortion legal and accessible is about…
by Marcella Howell and Marsha Jones
04.16.22
Supreme Court Hears Mississippi Abortion Case

Texas Abortion Case Spotlights Harm From Criminalization

Policies should center health and well-being not exacerbate harm.
by Anoa Changa
04.11.22
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Mississippi Abortion Access Coalition Discuss Upcoming SCOTUS Case

One of two states at the center of the national conversation on abortion access, Mississippi is home to a formidable…
by Anoa Changa
11.09.21
9 itemsDemonstrators Attend Women's March To Defend Reproductive Rights

Black, Brown-Led Reproductive Rights Groups Demand Change

Let's take a look at a few more BIPOC organizations leading the way to change in the reproductive rights space.
by Shannon Dawson
01.22.22
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Abortion Justice Marches Amplify Local Organizing

Speaking at the D.C. march, SisterSong’s Executive Director Monica Simpson said that fighting for abortion access was a fight against…
by Anoa Changa
01.22.22
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Texas Abortion Ban Affects Black Women 'The Most'

The Supreme Court's vote to keep in place Texas' restrictive abortion law that effectively undermines the historic Roe v. Wade…
by Bruce C.T. Wright
09.02.21
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Why Nation, White House Must Prioritize Reproductive Justice

Improving access to and the quality of sexual and reproductive health services and supports has the power to increase bodily…
by Joia Crear-Perry MD, Monica R. McLemore PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Jamie Hart, PhD, MPH
09.30.21
op-ed People protest a Kentucky grand jurys indictment of one of three police officers in the killing of Breonna Taylor, but not for her death

Breonna Taylor Deserved Reproductive Justice

Justice for Breonna doesn’t only mean accountability in the eyes of the law. She deserved the right to create and…
by Monica Simpson
08.26.21
Breonna Taylor Mobile Billboard

Mobile Billboard Honors Breonna Taylor's Lost Future

The billboard was unveiled as part of a week of action leading up to Taylor's death anniversary on March 13.…
by Charise Frazier
09.30.21
Black Mother Pepper-Sprayed By Police

Latest Rochester Police Encounter Targets Another Black Woman

The violence is rooted in the desire to violate and dominate the Black women's bodies, often perceived as a threat.…
by Charise Frazier
08.26.21