An Ohio grand jury has decided NOT to indict Brittany Watts - a Black woman who miscarried a non-viable fetus at home after care was twice delayed because of the state’s current abortion law. In response, Dr. Regina Davis Moss,…
Today, the Supreme Court decided that they will hear Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. Food and Drug Administration, which will determine access to the essential abortion pill mifepristone. In response, Dr. Regina Davis Moss, In Our Own Voice President and…
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…
Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, cycle/period-tracking apps have left nearly one in three menstruators vulnerable to attacks on their privacy. What once was an easy way to map fertility, manage premenstrual symptoms and plan contraception use has now…
Statement from Marcela Howell, president and CEO, In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda WASHINGTON — Today, Kansans are going to the polls to protect their communities and abortion access in their state by voting “no” on…
Statement from In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda WASHINGTON — Today, President Biden issued an executive order to protect reproductive rights in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. Marcela Howell, president and CEO of…
Statement by In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda President and CEO Marcela Howell WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization. In Our Own Voice: National Black…
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…
Two-and-a-half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Union troops finally made their way to Texas to end slavery in the last state still enslaving Black people. That was on June 19, 1865, Freedom Day or Juneteenth. This year, we commemorate Juneteenth,…
Statement from In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda WASHINGTON — Today, Politico is reporting that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn Roe and Casey, eliminating the constitutional guarantee to legal abortion. Marcela Howell, president and CEO…
