Reproductive justice

The Forgotten Voice: The Importance of Reproductive Justice for Women of Color and Other Unrepresented Groups The desire to conceive and start a family is a fundamental right for any woman within any region of the world. The right and ability to have children is defined by reproductive justice, which connects basic human rights, health, and sexuality to reproductive health issues concerning women, families, and communities of color. Reproductive justice stems from the issues that women of color face when they experience unexpected pregnancies, attempt to start a family, or when seeking abortive procedures/ family planning services (assessing how many children a family can afford to have and raise). However, radical-right wing republican governments…

author’s main point (or thesis)? Give a full explanation of the thesis or main point of the reading. (This should take you about one full paragraph.) The author’s main objective is to explain how the movement for reproductive autonomy can be purposeful if every individual and organization that shares a common ground can work in areas where they are most effective and to explain the value in choice. The author believes that the success and strength of a movement come from the partnerships of any…

conducting research on the topic of access to reproductive justice movements and services by Latina immigrants in the United States. The following sources are two papers I have recently utilized as I begin this process and collect information on this particularly salient topic. Gomez, M. M. (2015). Intersections at the border: immigration enforcement, reproductive oppression, and the policing of Latina bodies in the Rio Grande Valley. Columbia Journal Of Gender And Law, (1), 84. The author…

In regards to reproductive justice and reproductive justice organizing for Latinas there are many Issues, desires and challenges. Many of the issues begin with the various myths and stereotypes about Latina women that are untrue. Part of their fight is to reclaim their humanity and redefine their identity as a group and individually. Latinas are often stereotyped as oversexed or as illegal immigrants aspiring to have children born in the US in order to obtain citizenship and government…

Reproductive Justice in Canada has gone into the limelight recently with Prince Edward Island finally providing access to abortions by the end of 2016 after years of women having to travel to New Brunswick or Nova Scotia to get abortions. The fight for reproductive rights in Canada has been a challenging struggle that has made tremendous strides and progress due to the efforts of extraordinary activists and contributors. While there have been many strong advances in the direction to improve the…

As you may well know, reproductive justice is my passion. Upon taking a variety of GWS course at UIC, I came across a GWS class during my sophomore year that specifically focused on women and health in the US. Not having taking such a class before, I had no idea what to expect. However, once I started to learn about the role that the science and medical industry played in not only limiting women of color’s access to birth control and abortion, but also in literally stripping away the…

Reproductive justice has been accepted and adopted as a cause for all women so that they are able to exercise control over important aspects of their live as well as to allow for the experience of equality in society. This is a concept that is linked to other philosophical theories such as feminism, focused on the creation of an equal playing field for both man and women, and the critical race theory, the examination of power structure in society and the factors such as race which influence it. …

“What is Reproductive Justice” by Kimala Price, “Killing the Black Body” by Dorothy Roberts, and “All This That Has Happened to Me Shouldn’t Happen to Nobody Else” by Jennifer Nelson discuss women of color’s battle for reproductive justice and respect within the reproductive rights movement. Price’s “What is Reproductive Justice”, provides an in-depth introduction and overview of the movement for reproductive justice and the WOC organizations working to address these issues. “Killing the Black…

Local and National Outreach Although they identified as a national organization, the NLHO and its founders always made sure to maintain their primary focus within the community from which they lived in, especially when it came to educating and empowering young women and girls. As was described in Undivided Rights, the NLHO began co-sponsoring college classes and workshops in 1988 in an effort to educate Latinas on a variety of health and reproductive issues, such as mental health, patient’s…

Reproductive Health Care Availability and Controversial Policies Reproductive health care services that are provided by government funding is a highly debated topic among citizens and policy makers alike. Providing reproductive health care services through government funded agencies has been argued for and against, based on the benefits to the social welfare of the population, and the allocation of government funding. Will defunding Planned Parenthood save government funding and prevent…