Erin Matson

Erin Matson

Reproaction

Erin Matson is co-founder and co-director of Reproaction, a new direct action group forming to increase access to abortion and advance reproductive justice. She has appeared in a variety of publications and frequently on television, including ABC World News, BBC World News and MSNBC. An organizer and strategist, Erin has led local, state and national advocacy campaigns on areas including abortion rights, contraceptive access and cultural representations of women. Erin has served as an editor at large for Rewire News Group, and a vice president at the National Organization for Women. She is the proud mother of a daughter.

All over the country, billboards recently sprang up implying that babies with disabilities need to be

Reproductive Justice Activists Must Combat Anti-Choicers’ False Push for Disability Rights

Erin Matson

Until reproductive rights and justice leaders make disability rights an integral issue for the movement, anti-choice advocates will continue to dictate—and skew—the conversation in order to restrict abortion.

NFL Support Will Allow National Domestic Violence Hotline to Answer Virtually All Calls for Five Years

Erin Matson

At a time when the federal program that supports the hotline is providing a "modest increase" in funding after a reduction in funds three years ago, the NFL will provide what the hotline describes as "significant resources" for domestic violence programs.

Suntan Lotion, Not ‘Social Issues,’ the Priority on GOP Women2Women Tour

Erin Matson

Republicans continue to grapple with ways to attract more women voters, even in reliably conservative states.

Why I Stayed in an Abusive Marriage for Two Years

Erin Matson

I know all too well the shame and sense of shared understanding that Janay Rice has spoken of in recent days. It is why I stayed in an abusive marriage for two years, and why I am speaking up ten years later.

Forcing Abortion Clinic Closures Is Immoral—the Virginia Board of Health Should Make Changes Now

Erin Matson

Making abortion more difficult to access does not wave a magic wand that converts women with unwanted pregnancies into beaming mothers-to-be.

The Next ‘Religious Freedom’ Debate: Using Tax Dollars to Discriminate in Adoption

Erin Matson

In what universe is any private institution providing services in a competitive marketplace entitled to public funding? Apparently a universe where children without stable homes are denied the opportunity to join a loving family because of someone else’s bigotry.

How Minnesota Passed a Massive Economic Security Law for Women

Erin Matson

The law provides an expansive host of benefits, including requirements that employers provide basic accommodations for pregnant workers. To get a better sense of this law and the strategy that made it win, Rewire spoke with Debra Fitzpatrick of the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs.

Beyond ‘Choice’: Youth-Focused Reproductive Rights and Justice Organization Renames Itself URGE

Erin Matson

What does it mean to be pro-choice? For an increasing number of activists, advocates, and advocacy organizations, it includes wanting to be identified with an agenda more comprehensive than supporting a woman's right to choose abortion—as in, dropping the "choice" label entirely.

[A red sign is held up at a rally. It reads: Reproductive Justice for All, safety over politics]

Melinda Gates, and Why We Must Talk About Abortion in Feminist and Progressive Circles

Erin Matson

Melinda Gates and others have long claimed that conversations about abortion are "toxic" to feminism and political progress. To that I say hooey.

On Abortion, Speech, and the Catholic Campus: Vatican Responds to Petition Against Georgetown

Erin Matson

A recent petition by William Peter Blatty—a Georgetown graduate who's best known for writing The Exorcist—is aimed at forcing the university to conform to a strict and exclusionary vision of Catholic identity, and it's been yellow-lighted by a Vatican representative.

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