By showing up, I met a coalition of Georgians from all over the state who, like me, had also grown up in Georgia public schools, with conservative parents, or in religions that oppose abortion, yet we learned to fight for what we believe in anyway, even if it made us different.
March 10, 2019, marked the twenty-sixth National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers. The date was chosen to honor the memory of Dr. David Gunn, an abortion provider who was murdered by a ‘pro-life’ extremist outside his Florida clinic in 1993
We launched our #WeLoveAbortion photo campaign on Valentine’s Day, and we continue promoting the images on our social media platforms.
Black Women in Activism is Reproaction’s new event series centering the reproductive justice work of Black women in Missouri.
Governor Evers administration has the power and responsibility to act to restore rights and liberty to pregnant people across the state. Change can happen, and when it does, we will be prepared.
Sex work is not inherently dehumanizing
As the activists rounded the corner, they lifted their signs to match the #StopProsecutingAbortion projection lighting up the side of the hotel.
On Friday, January 18, Reproaction organized a counter-protest against the annual March for Life, an anti-abortion protest that coincides with the Roe v. Wade anniversary in Washington, D.C.
Cortney Bouse has been an organizer with Planned Parenthood Great Plains in Columbia, Missouri, for more than two years. She has also worked in sexual health education, as well as sexual and domestic violence advocacy and policy work.
In a time when, across many states, women are already being sent to jail for self-managing their own abortions we are excited to be spearheading a movement that is not afraid to stand up to the hypocritical pro-life movement and demand anti-abortion lawmakers put down the handcuffs and stop putting women in jail.
We owe it to those who have died, been jailed, or otherwise experienced trauma to demand that ‘pro-life’ leaders put down the handcuffs and stop prosecuting abortion along with any pregnancy outcome, and end the demonization of reproductive choices made by women of color.