In Our Own Voice
@BlackWomensRJ
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✊🏿Lifting up the voices of Black women ✊🏾 Fighting for Reproductive Justice ✊🏽 Educating the NextGen of RJ leaders | Find us on Instagram: @blackwomensrj
Washington, DC
Joined March 2010
Bye, Twitter 👋🏿👋🏾👋🏽 Find us on Bluesky @blackwomensrj.bsky.social We hope you’ll join us there ♥️
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No woman should be turned away from emergency care if her life is on the line. We need an HHS secretary that understands the basic functions of our life-saving policies. I didn't see that from Mr. Kennedy today.
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🌟Our 2024 Annual Next Generation Leadership Institute Report is LIVE! 🌟 Find out how our fellows have impacted their communities and how they are championing the future of #ReproJustice:
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Check Out the 2024 Annual Next Generation Leadership Institute Report As we usher in the new year, the Programs and Training Department at In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive...
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#Mifepristone is safe. Looking into its “safety” is an unnecessary move by RFK & the Trump administration aimed at controlling our bodies. It is FDA-approved, & it is a life-saving medicine used in routine healthcare. The Health & Human Services Secretary should know that.
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We're headed to Creating Change! 🏳️🌈 IOOV Director of Programs and Training Giovanteey Bishop and Program Coordinator De’Ajane Terrell will be speaking to 3,000+ LGBTQ+ activists and organizers about bringing #ReproJustice to HBCUs #WeAreCreatingChange
https://t.co/8PCEg7S1xG
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Cecile Richards understood that #ReproJustice doesn’t stop at fighting for abortion rights. Her intersectional advocacy is a guide for all activists, and we will continue to fight for RJ as she would have wanted: with everything we’ve got. https://t.co/jXcU9mWINP
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She oversaw the United States’ largest provider of reproductive health care and sex education from 2006 to 2018.
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#MLKDay is about keeping his dream alive. That’s why today and every day, despite the inevitable attacks on our bodily autonomy, we are choosing hope. We are choosing to never back down. And we are choosing to fight for #ReproJustice.
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Two Arizona doctors are fighting to void the state’s 2022 15-week abortion ban after constituents voted to enshrine abortion protections in the state constitution. Arizonans have made it clear: they want #ReproJustice. Read more:
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After voters last month approved sweeping constitutional protections for abortion in Arizona, two local doctors and Planned Parenthood are suing to void the state’s 15-week gestational ban.
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The people want #ReproductiveJustice. Voters in Missouri voted to back constitutional protections for abortions in Missouri. Read more:
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A judge is weighing which of Missouri's sweeping abortion restrictions will fall under a new constitutional amendment.
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Advocating for ourselves means nothing if we aren’t being heard. If we really want #ReproJustice, we need ♦️better training for healthcare providers 🔷accessible care ♦️policy-level support, and 🔷 a shift towards urgency Read more from @MotherlyMedia:
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Learn why Black moms are urged to speak up during birth and how systemic changes are vital to address the maternal health crisis.
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This is what RJ champions look like 👏🏿👏🏾👏🏽 From being inducted as our most diverse class of fellows yet to hosting major #ReproJustice events, we love seeing our Next Generation Leadership Institute Fellows advocate on their campuses and beyond 💟
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Tabitha Crowe asked two different Louisiana hospitals for a D&C after she began miscarrying while visiting her parents. They would not give her one. She was forced to drive four hours back home to Florida to receive the life-saving procedure. https://t.co/X0LFmbtfjy
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‼️Our Next Generation Leadership Institute Fellows need your support. The next 4 years won’t be easy, and our student leaders need all the support we can get. Help get them ready to fight back against attacks on reproductive rights on their campuses:
blackrj.networkforgood.com
Donate to join In Our Own Voice in our fight for Reproductive Justice and let's finish the year stronger together. Since our founding in 2014, In Our Own Voice has amplified the voices of Black women...
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In a state where maternal mortality continues to rise, they have disbanded the one committee whose task is to prevent these deaths. How is this “pro-life”? https://t.co/jYodaagIrw
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We’re taking the fight for #ReproJustice to the states, and we need your help. Our strategic partners are on the ground doing the work to increase access to reproductive healthcare across the country. Support their work and give to RJ today:
blackrj.networkforgood.com
Donate to join In Our Own Voice in our fight for Reproductive Justice and let's finish the year stronger together. Since our founding in 2014, In Our Own Voice has amplified the voices of Black women...
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This is what happens when politicians prioritize pro-life agendas over our actual lives. We’re angry, sad, and scared. And we’ll keep fighting for Porsha and all the other people who died preventable deaths. We fight for #ReproJustice. Read more
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Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
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How many times will we keep saying this? Porsha Ngumezi should be alive.
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NYC #REPROJUSTICE CHAMPIONS 🗣️ On 12/10, @dr4equity, along with @SisterLove’s Dazon Dixon Diallo and our friends at @CUNYSPH will be speaking on a panel about the history of Reproductive Justice and where we go from here post-election Learn more: https://t.co/rhn0AwEwH0
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This #GivingTuesday, we’re gearing up for the fight of our lives. Help us keep our communities safe, and make your gift to In Our Own Voice today: https://t.co/sfYrjyg2mS
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