WASHINGTON — Yesterday, Polk County (Iowa) District Judge David Porter sentenced Pieper Lewis, a human trafficking and rape survivor, to closely supervised probation and ordered her to pay $150,000 in restitution to the rapist’s family. Lewis, a 17-year-old Black teen,…
Statement by In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda President and CEO Marcela Howell WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Sen. Lindsay Graham introduced a 15-week abortion ban. In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda President…
WASHINGTON — While Equal Pay Day 2022 came more than a week earlier than last year, suggesting that women might be making gains, that suggestion is false. The wage gap for women of color has actually widened. Black women will…
The Fight against misinformation about the legality of abortion in certain states continues. In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda is supporting some of our partner organizations with a billboard campaign that sets the record straight. Billboards…
