Special Report: Racial Justice Is Reproductive Justice

What We Mean When We Say Defund the Police

K Agbebiyi

As an abolitionist organizer working to end policing, incarceration, and surveillance, I know that “defund the police” is not just a slogan.

Advocates Fear Another Devastating Impact of COVID-19: More Forced Pregnancies and Reproductive Control

Jallicia Jolly

Black, brown, Indigenous, disabled, and low-income people have historically been victim to state-sanctioned forced sterilizations and reproductive coercion. 

Why Students Need Sex Education That’s Honest About Racism

Christine Soyong Harley

It is not enough to say that we advocate for “culturally responsive” sex ed. We have to show that our sex education is as honest about racism as it is on any other topic.

It’s Never Too Soon to Teach Kids About Race and Racism. These Books Can Help.

Brittany Smith

Learning starts from birth, so whether you're a parent, guardian, educator, or caretaker, let’s work to expose our children to diversity and have conversations about race.

In Georgia, Black Women Lead the Fight Against High Maternal Mortality Rates and Anti-Choice Legislation

Gloria Oladipo

“Doing this work can weigh heavy—we know that even with all of the work that is being done to uplift issues around Black maternal health, Black mamas are still bearing the brunt of this crisis."

When the Country Sneezes, Black Women Catch the Flu. What Happens With COVID-19 in the United States?

Dorianne Mason

Truly investing in the health and well-being of Black women would reform our health-care system and obviate the inevitable scramble to address public health crises like COVID-19.

Louisiana’s Clinic Shutdown Law Will Hurt Black Women. We’re Fighting Back.

Marcela Howell

Given the obstacles Black women already face, new barriers to abortion—in Louisiana and across the country—will turn reproductive health care into a right we cannot exercise.

Hysterectomies Are Not the Only Option for Black Women With Fibroids. We Have Choices.

Kimberly Fain

Black women are two to three times more likely to get fibroids than our white female counterparts. We are also more likely to experience implicit bias and be disempowered by our health-care system.

Increased Police Presence in New York Subways Is a Reproductive Justice Issue

Merle McGee

When our youth are having guns pointed at them for hopping a turnstile, that is reproductive injustice.

March for Life Has an Anti-Blackness Problem

Gloria Oladipo

The alignment of March for Life with racist suffragists shouldn't come as a surprise given the rampant anti-Blackness within the anti-choice movement, along with its links to fascist groups.