Loretta Ross

Loretta Ross is a co-founder and former national coordinator for SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, a national coalition of 80+ women of color and allied reproductive justice organizations headquartered in Atlanta. Ross researches and writes extensively on African-American women and abortion and co-authored Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice, a book on the history of the activism of women of color.

Re-enslaving African American Women

Loretta Ross

African American women who care about reproductive justice are not fooled into thinking that the Black anti-abortion movement cares about gender justice. If they had their way, we would be re-enslaved once again, based on our fertility.