Reproductive Justice advocates demand courts overturn unconstitutional ban on Medicaid abortion coverage
New Voices for Reproductive Justice files amicus brief supporting challenge to Pa. statute, citing disparate harm to Black women and girls
Protect Title X Funding!
In mid 2019, the Trump Administration instituted a nationwide gag rule on Title X funding. The new rule prioritizes natural family planning and abstinence, especially for adolescents, and imposes new barriers to abortion access.
You Deserve Better
Film, television, digital media, art all have an impact on how we both perceive the world as well as establishing social and political norms. A recent study out of USC’s Annenberg Hollywood Health & Society program, showed that after participants watched a television show inclusive of trans people in a positive fashion, they were more likely to have a positive attitude towards trans people.
Changing Policy and Shaping the Narrative to address the Black Maternal Health Crisis
By now, you’ve likely heard the statistic, “Black women are 3-4 times more likely to die in childbirth and of pregnancy-related causes than their white counterparts.” But the truth is, we are more than just a statistic, which is why…
Dear SCOTUS… Trust Black Women
It’s only been 24 hours and I’m still pumped with excitement and ready for action. I’m feeding off of the energy of the thousands of women who I stood in solidarity with on the steps of the Supreme Court of the United States on Mar. 4 at the #MyRightMyDecision rally. I do not take lightly the honor of being able to address the crowd on behalf of In Our Own Voice: Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda.
Do You Have What it Takes to be a Reproductive Justice Leader?
In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda is thrilled to announce that the 2020-2022 Next Generation Leadership Institute Fellowship Application is now open! The Next Generation Leadership Institute is a paid two-year fellowship conducted during the nine-month academic school year. The Institute serves as a formal pipeline for training students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) to become Reproductive Justice leaders.
Let your U.S. senators know that you’re paying attention to the courts!
In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda along with our Georgia state partners at SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW and SisterLove Inc, and our national partners at National Asian American Women’s Forum and National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, today submitted a letter to the U.S. Senate to voice opposition to the confirmation of Andrew Brasher to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Listen Up! Black Maternal Health and Abortion Access
In Our Own Voice’s Vice President of Government Affairs Jessica Pinckney spoke her truth as a guest on Jennie Wetter’s podcast RePROS Fight Back. She spoke about how the lack of access to quality abortion and maternal health care impacts Black Women.
Fighting breast cancer and LGBTQ stigma
Seeking health care services can often be challenging for members of the LGBTQ community. Discrimination and ignorance can be barriers to care for this group, particularly, when it comes to seeking preventive care like screenings for breast cancer. Which is how a partnership was born between the National LBGTQ Task Force’s Creating Change Conference and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.’s mammogram mobile unit.
Community Creates Change
It feels hopeful to be attending Creating Change 2020. Since attending my first Creating Change conference, several years ago, I have been fighting for Reproductive Justice in a political environment and climate that has been harmful in every way to my people and the communities that I am a part of.