In Our Own Voice Responds to SCOTUS Decision to Block Planned Parenthood from Receiving Medicaid Funding

NATIONWIDE — In response to today’s Supreme Court’s ruling on Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, In Our Own Voice President and CEO Dr. Regina Davis Moss issued the following statement:

“Today’s harmful decision from the Supreme Court is a direct attack Black women, girls and gender-expansive people who rely on Planned Parenthood for life-saving healthcare services. This case was never about abortion, and now this ruling will have devastating consequences for the millions of Americans who will lose access to reproductive health care. Medicaid funds almost two thirds of Black births, provides coverage for almost a third of Black women, and insures over half of Black girls.

We knew that overturning Roe v. Wade was just the beginning. By removing Planned Parenthood providers from federal programs and going after Medicaid, extremist politicians are executing an insidious agenda to undo decades of progress on Reproductive Justice and strip us of our bodily autonomy. And they won’t stop here — they’re already trying to restrict access to medication abortion, attempting to gut Medicaid by billions of dollars, eliminating federal safety net programs and so much more.

It’s time to be honest about what we are facing: a coordinated effort to undermine the civil rights of our communities. Now is the time to take bold, urgent action to confront these multifaceted attacks — and our new Black Reproductive Justice Policy Agenda provides a policy roadmap and call to action for lawmakers on how to protect and uplift Black women, girls and gender-expansive people. With the Agenda as our guide, In Our Own Voice will continue to mobilize for policies at the national and state levels that serve our communities and advance our collective vision for Reproductive Justice.”

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In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda is a national-state partnership focused on lifting up the voices of Black women leaders at the national and regional levels in our fight to secure Reproductive Justice for all women, girls, and gender-expansive individuals. Our eight strategic partners are Black Women for Wellness, Black Women’s Health Imperative, New Voices for Reproductive Justice, SisterLove, Inc., SisterReach, SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW, The Afiya Center and Women With A Vision.