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Defeating Personhood: A Critical But Incomplete Victory for Reproductive Justice

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by Loretta Ross, SisterSong

November 9, 2011 - 12:42pm (Print)

The defeat of Mississippi Initiative 26 and the gains for reproductive choice today in Mississippi--while critical--may in the long run be seen as pyrrhic victories given the ominous implications of Initiative 27, the exclusionary voter ID initiative that will disenfranchise thousands of African Americans, immigrants, married women, transgendered people, and Native Americans.

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Race, Class, and Rights in Mississippi: How A Reproductive Justice Campaign Can Save the Pill and Save the Vote

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by Loretta Ross, SisterSong

October 29, 2011 - 10:25am (Print)

In Mississippi, two ballot initiatives threaten the health and lives of women across the state, and the disenfranchisement of the largest bloc of voters in the state. A campaign based on a reproductive justice model can defeat both.

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Fighting Black Anti-Choice Campaigns: Trust Black Women

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by Loretta Ross, SisterSong

February 28, 2011 - 11:22pm (Print)

Women of color are fighting a race- and gender-baiting campaign that attempts to drive a racial wedge in the pro-choice movement and a gender wedge in communities of color. 

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(VIDEO) Obama Can’t Make Eye Contact With Abortion Rights

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by Loretta Ross, SisterSong

February 3, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)

President Obama flinches every time support for abortion comes up in policy debates -- from the stimulus bill to healthcare reform. How can we be motivated to come out to the polls when we doubt whether our needs are his priority?

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Can We Advance Reproductive Justice in the Obama Era?

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by Loretta Ross, SisterSong

May 14, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

Reproductive justice is built on the foundation of human rights. The framework of "reproductive justice" requires that the most vulnerable populations be kept in the center of our lens, not at the margins.
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Women of Color Need Human Rights, Not Concessions

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by Loretta Ross, SisterSong

January 29, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

If we are really entering a new phase of abortion politics, we have to stop selling out poor people to appease opponents of women’s human rights.
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Re-enslaving African American Women

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by Loretta Ross, SisterSong

December 8, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)

African American women who care about reproductive justice are not fooled into thinking that the Black anti-abortion movement cares about gender justice. If they had their way, we would be re-enslaved once again, based on our fertility.
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