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Reproductive Justice - Women of Color.

Sierra Askew

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For this presentation I will be discussing the struggle that Women Of Color have concerning their Reproductive Rights and Justice. This is important and relevant today because the struggle for equal Reproductive Rights/Justice is an ongoing battle in today's society. It directly impacts all women in society who struggle with getting their voice out and being heard concerning their reproductive rights.

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- Gender, Sex and Sexuality all are presented in women of color's struggle with reproductive rights. These women already have to go through the struggle of the civil rights movement, trying to get their voice heard and fighting for jobs. All while being downplayed as "women". (exampled derogatory use).

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History:
- Women of African Descent for Reproductive Justice. This group of women banded together for an intersectional approach to women’s health care/reproductive rights. They collected more than 800 signatures to support their cause. They desired the all reproductive services to be available to women of African decent. This includes prenatal care/maternity leave, birth control and ultrasounds/treatment for cancer, STDs and HIV/AIDS.

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- "Whitewashing".
"When I was 15, my high school sent me and other girls to a sexual health fair to teach us about sexual health resources. What stayed with me was the demographic of the room—it was mainly Black girls. Where was everyone else and what exactly was this fair going to do when people didn’t have access to health insurance or spaces in which they could talk about sexuality and sexual health freely?" (Dodor, 2020).
- "White Supremacy".
"Women of color reproductive activists oppose all political rationales, social theories, genetic justifications, for reproductive oppression against communities of color, whether through blatant policies of sterilization abuse or through coercive use of dangerous contraceptives." (Ross, 2020)

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- September 1st, 2021 - Texas & Chicago abortion law (aka as SB 8 law/heartbeat bill).
- This makes black infants 2x more likely to pass before white infants.
- Causes 44 deaths for every 100,000 live births.

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- Activist Sojourner Truth.
- American abolitionist and women's civil rights activist.
- "Ain't I A Woman?"
- Made multiple speeches for women of color's fight for freedom and civil rights.
- "Another account of Truth's 1851 speech, published in a newspaper about a month later, reported her saying, "I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that?" (History, 2009).

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1. https://www.blackwomenradicals.com/blog-feed/honoring-a-reproductive-justice-pioneer-an-interview-with-loretta-j-ross
2. https://vawnet.org/sites/default/files/materials/files/2016-08/Women-of-Color-and-the-Struggle-for-RJ-Issue-Brief.pdf
3. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2021/texass-new-abortion-law-will-harm-people-color-further-entrench-racist-policies
4. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/16/reproductive-justice-how-women-color-asserted-their-voice-abortion-rights-movement/
5. https://www.law.berkeley.edu/php-programs/centers/crrj/zotero/loadfile.php?entity_key=2K2QA27B
6. https://www.newyorker.com/news/essay/how-black-feminists-defined-abortion-rights

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Feminism is another key term that is specifically shown through articles. "The powerful men and women championing an end to abortion seek to recast an unwanted pregnancy as an inconvenience for “professional women.” But rich women have always had a bounty of choices when deciding to end a pregnancy and when deciding to have children." (Taylor, 2022).
- Instutionalized Racisim is explained well through the picture above but also shown in society and education. This quote explains that : "An understanding of systemic racism suggests that remedies must include critical
self-examination by healthcare professionals and social institutions, and involve community building, urban
renewal, and a greater recognition of racism as a public health issue." (Breif, 2020).

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- Roe v. Wade. 1973 court case where the US Supreme Court ruled that laws banning abortion violate the United States Constitution.
- Court case concerning abortions.
- Argument that government should not be involved in women's bodies.

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- Loretta J. Ross
- SisterSong Advocate and member
- Activist for women's civil rights
- She was a victim of tear gas in college at Howard University.
- Involved with Black nationalist and Marxist-Leninist politics, tenant organizing, and South African anti-apartheid advocacy.
- Ross was one of the founders of the National Black United Front.
- “freedom-fighting organization working for the cultural development of African people.” (Swift, 2009)

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- Organization in place to empower indigenous and women of color through reproductive justice and freedom.
- Created the convorstaion about Reproductive justice and rights.
- Video provides extra visuals and explanation.

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Reproductive justice is the right to self-determine, ft Monica Simpson of SisterSong