Jos Truitt

Jos Truitt is a Contributor at Feministing.com and the Western States Field Associate at Choice USA. She is also a pro-choice clinic escort in Washington, DC and has worked for the National Abortion Federation Hotline. Jos is a graduate of Hampshire College, where she was the Student Conference Coordinator for the Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program‘s annual conference “From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom.” Jos is passionate about raising the voices of people in the margins, highlighting the intersectional nature of identity, and creating space in social justice movements for traditionally excluded voices to be moved to the center.

Bridging the Generational Divide in the Struggle for Reproductive Justice

Jos Truitt

Debate over a supposed generational divide in the fight for abortion access has flared up repeatedly in recent months. Working inter-generationally is vital to the success of a movement, yet these conversations have focused on what supposedly separates generations rather than on ways of working together to win reproductive freedom for all.

In Memory of Dr. Tiller: Unite to Save Lives

Jos Truitt

The debate we are locked in, between those fighting for the lives of the unborn and those fighting for the lives of women, has gotten us nowhere. And if we continue to talk past each other, to ignore each other’s voices and experiences, this cycle of violence will continue.

Growing Up Pro-Life: Talking About Abortion

Jos Truitt

Yes, anti-choice ideology is fundamentally sexist. But I didn't know this when I was a pro-lifer, and I do not believe hatred of women is an intentional part of the belief system of most people in that movement.