Press Releases

Our Latest Press Releases

• Wage gap compounds coronavirus burden on Black women
  March 31, 2020
• Black women celebrate Rev. Lowery’s life
  March 30, 2020
• Black women call on lawmakers to do more to support them during the pandemic
  March 27, 2020
• In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda seeks next generation of leaders for two-year paid fellowship opportunity
  March 23, 2020
• Historic Improvements in Women’s Health and Well-Being:
  Reflecting on Ten Years of the ACA
  March 23, 2020
• Voting Rights Coalition Letter: Protect Voting Rights and Public Safety in Response to COVID-19
  March 17, 2020
• Black women leaders denounce Trump’s latest attack on health care access
  January 30, 2020
• Black women leaders denounce SCOTUS decision targeting low-income immigrants
  January 28, 2020
• Black women leaders denounce HHS attack on Californian’s access to abortion care
  January 24, 2020
• Black women leaders call for Reproductive Justice to commemorate Roe V. Wade
  January 22, 2020
• Black women denounce court’s decision to gut the Affordable Care Act
  December 19, 2019
• Black women denounce high court’s decision to let Kentucky abortion restriction stand
  December 12, 2019
• Black women applaud passage of the Voting Rights Advancement Act (HR 4)
  December 6, 2019
• Black women call on Supreme Court to uphold Reproductive Justice
  December 5, 2019
• We will carry on Rep. Elijah Cummings work — even as we mourn
  October 17, 2019
• We stand with LGBTQ workers as U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in discrimination cases
  October 7, 2019
• Black Women Demand Supreme Court Protect Abortion Rights in Louisana
  October 4, 2019
• Black women applaud new bills to support reproductive justice and immigrants’ rights
  March 12, 2019
• Women respond to the State of the Union Address and applaud Stacey Abrams’ leadership
  February 6, 2019
• Black women applaud Pennsylvania injunction to 
stop rollback of birth control coverage
  January 14, 2019
• Black Women applaud selection of Dr. Leana Wen as new president of Planned Parenthood
  September 13, 2018
• 34 Reproductive Justice organizations and allies call on Senate Judiciary Committee to oppose the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh
  September 6, 2018
• Black women leaders urge Congress to block Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination
  July 10, 2018
• Black women leaders urge Supreme Court to protect Roe V. Wade after Kennedy retirement
  June 27, 2018
• Black women stand with Muslims
  June 26, 2018
• Black women denounce latest attack on reproductive health and rights
  June 26, 2018
• Black women leaders stand against latest version of Trump’s “gag rule” on reproductive health care
  May 23, 2018
• Black women leaders denounce Trump’s “domestic gag rule” on reproductive health care
  May 18, 2018
• Groundbreaking reproductive justice report outlines action agenda for Black women’s rights
  April 2, 2018
• #WhenBlackWomenlead campaign highlights the most impactful leaders of our time: Black women
  March 2, 2018
• Black women denounce high court’s decision to allow North Carolina to stall redistricting
  January 19, 2018
• Black women denounce new HHS “office of discrimination,” under disguise of conscience protections
  January 18, 2018
• New poll results reveal support for women’s reproductive health and rights among Dallas’ Black communities
  December 14, 2017
• Black women applaud TIME’s Person of the Year 2017
  December 5, 2017
• Pittsburgh City Council Passes Will of Council Supporting Insurance Coverage for Abortion Care
  November 20, 2017
• Philadelphia Reps. Morgan Cephas and Christopher Rabb speak at briefing on the state of Black women’s rights
  October 30, 2017
• Groundbreaking reproductive justice report examines the lives of Black women
  October 23, 2017
• Black women denounce Trump’s latest attack on health care access
  October 12, 2017
• Black women denounce Trump’s new hurdles to birth control access
  October 6, 2017
• New opinion survey of African Americans to be released at ‘When Black Women Lead’ conference
  September 22, 2017
• Black women leaders strategize to change business as usual in politics
  September 20, 2017
• Black women leaders to brief the Congressional Black Caucus on the state of Black women’s reproductive health
  September 14, 2017
• Black women denounce suspension of Obama investigative rules on campus rape
  September 7, 2017
• Black women stand with Dreamers
  September 5, 2017
• Black women continue fight for economic justice while Trump abandons equal pay protections
  August 31, 2017
• In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda Condemns Racist Violence
  August 12, 2017
• In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda condemns racist violence, calls on Trump administration to take action
  August 12, 2017
• New report outlines action agenda for interlocking issues of reproductive, racial, criminal justice
  June 27, 2017
• Black Women Denounce Killing of Charleena Lyles by Seattle police
  June 21, 2017
• Black women call for more action to stop the attack on voting rights
  May 15, 2017
• Black women denounce new Voting Commission
  May 12, 2017
• Reproductive Justice Advocates Urge Senate Judiciary Panel to Block Confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch
  March 15, 2017
• The Reintroduction of the EACH Woman Act, A Show of Strength and Unity
  January 1, 2017
• Women Win: U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
  June 27, 2016
• In Our Own Voice on Celebrating the 43rd Anniversary of Roe v. Wade,
  Statement by Marcela Howell, Founder and Executive Director
  January 21, 2016
• Clinic Violence is a Reproductive Justice Issue
  January 21, 2016
• Black Women’s Organizations File U.S. Supreme Court Brief in Support of Abortion Rights in Texas
  January 5, 2016
• U.S. Supreme Court to Review Texas Law to Shut Down Clinics
  November 13, 2015
• Black Reproductive Justice Activists Convene for a National
  Strategy Summit in Washington, DC
  September 21, 2015
• New Voices Pittsburgh wins lawsuit against Pennsylvania Department of Health
  August 11, 2015
• In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda Applauds the Introduction of the EACH Woman Act
  July 8, 2015
• Roe v. Wade 42nd Anniversary
  January 22, 2015
• Policy Briefing
  January 13, 2015
• Solidarity with Ferguson
  December 2, 2014
• Announcement Joint Statement
  October 14, 2014