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Race, Class and Justice in the U.S. Legal System: Still A Long Way From the Promised Land
by Marianne Møllmann, Amnesty International
January 16, 2012 - 7:47pm (Print)
Race, class, ethnicity, and sex still determine, to a great degree, how justice is dispensed and whether people are treated justly by the United States legal system. Recent news stories and hard data show just how far we remain from Martin Luther King's "promised land."
A Woman with a Plan: The Real Story of Margaret Sanger
by Ellen Chesler, The Roosevelt Institute
November 3, 2011 - 3:20pm (Print)
Her opponents have smeared her as a racist and classist, but Sanger devoted her life to fighting for equal access to reproductive choice.
Race, Class, and Rights in Mississippi: How A Reproductive Justice Campaign Can Save the Pill and Save the Vote
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.
Strauss-Kahn Released From House Arrest as Case Enters Legal Limbo
After a court hearing last Friday in New York, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund, was released from house arrest. Although he still faces charges of sexual assault on a hotel maid, that such strong evidence against him appears to have been ignored in light of prejudices towards his victim is offensive to American women everywhere. Jeffrey Brown of PBS News reports on the latest developments in the high-profile case. Read Kathleen Reeves' article on the ordeal right here on our site.
Chicago Abortion Fund and African American Leaders Criticize Racist Anti-choice Billboard Campaign
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
July 6, 2011 - 10:08am (Print)
The Chicago Abortion Fund is leading the effort to oppose anti-choice efforts to target black and low-income neighborhoods on the south side of Chicago.
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Chicago Abortion Fund and African American Leaders Criticize Racist Anti-choice Billboard Campaign
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
July 6, 2011 - 10:08am (Print)
Reproductive justice leaders continue to speak out against the racist anti-choice billboard campaigns being launched around the country. The Chicago Abortion Fund is leading the effort to oppose anti-choice efforts to target black and low-income neighborhoods on the south side of Chicago.
Follow Jodi Jacobson on Twitter, @jljacobson
Billboards Targeting Latinas Exposes Cynical Motives of Conservative Funders
by Gillian Kane, Ipas
June 17, 2011 - 10:36am (Print)
As the newest campaign aimed at Latinas shows, it's likely more a case of racial opportunism, and any race will do, if it means advancing a conservative social agend.
The Racist Billboads Are Coming for You
by Steph Herold
June 8, 2011 - 12:21pm (Print)
New billboard targets latinas with anti-abortion messages. And if you don’t speak out about this racist propaganda, they will target you next.
My Blackness Goes Before Me: A Poem and Commentary on Racism and Reproductive Justice
May 4, 2011 - 9:43am (Print)
I wrote this poem because I had grown tired of people not seeing me beyond the color of my skin or my "otherness." I see it being played out on a larger scale as in African-American's women's right to choose as exemplified in this article that talks about Anti-Abortion Billboards.
The Crocodile Tears of Anti-Choice Billboarders
by Gaylon B. Alcaraz, Chicago Abortion Fund
March 30, 2011 - 3:51pm (Print)
Anti-choice billboarders never discuss why abortions are needed; the lack of access to quality health care, sex ed and contraception; or even the jobs needed to help young women care for the families they already have.
