Reproductive Justice

Immediate Actions To Take:

MAY 2022 — ie. in response to the leaked initial draft majority opinion by SCOTUS regarding Roe v. Wade

Call your reps to Demand Congress Support Abortion Access Legislation
Review this reference doc called How to Show Up For Abortion Access
Take the pledge to become an abortion advocate — United States of Women

ONGOING —

Tell Congress to Support the Swift Passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act — script here
Share your story on social media using #BansOffOurBodies or with We Testify
Take Action on Reproductive Freedom: Access to Abortion
Use this toolkit from Avow to talk about Abortion
Use this tool to understand what rights to abortion access look like state by state if Roe falls
Donate to Abortion Funds, Independent Clinics, and Practical Support Providers
Get support finding a clinic, funding an abortion, hotline for SMA, and legal advice

Organizations To Support + Follow:

Educate Yourself + Keep Showing Up:

Articles —

Abortion Comics — We Testify
Abortion Decriminalization is Part of the Larger Struggle Against Policing and Criminalization — Interrupting Criminalization
All About Abortion — WE TESTIFY
Data Points to How GOP Has Built a Lasting Edge in State Governments by Reid Wilson — The Hill
Democratic senators ask Biden admin to create office focusing on reproductive health and wellbeing — The 19th
How Black Feminists Defined Abortion Rights by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor — The New Yorker
How False Narrative of Margaret Sanger Are Being Used to Shame Black Women by Imani Gandy — Rewire News Group
How Not To Outlaw Abortion by Mary Ziegler — NYTimes
How the Next President Can Expand Reproductive Freedom by Ilyse Hogue — The Nation
I Can't Focus on Abortion Access If My People Are Dying by Emma Goldberg — NYTimes
Let’s Talk About My Abortion (and Yours) by Cindi Leive — The New York Times
Medical Racism Was Mean to Hurt Black Women — And It Does by Juan Michael Porter II — The Body
New Research Proves Restricting Abortion Harms Women by Carrie N. Baker — Ms. Magazine
Recent abortion bans will impact poor people and people of color most by Renee Bracy Sherman — Vox
Rethinking the Mantra that Abortion Should be "Safe, Legal, and Rare" by Tracy Weitz
The Color of Choice: White Supremacy and Reproductive Justice by Loretta J. Ross — SisterSong
The Covid Crisis Reveals the Need to Abolish Abortion Restrictions by Renee Bracey Sherman — The Nation
The Mainstream Abortion Rights Movement Failed to Prevent the End of Roe by Marian Jones — TeenVogue
The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm by Anne Koedt
The Future of Reproductive Choice for Poor Women + Women of Color by D. Roberts
The Right to (Black) Life by Renee Bracy Sherman — The New York Times
The Supreme Court Stopped Anti-Abortion Momentum. For Now. by Sabrian Tavernise and Elizabeth Dias — NYTimes
We Don’t Need an ‘Abortion Underground Railroad’—Black and brown people already lead the most powerful abortion fund network in the country by Jessica Pinckney — Prism
What if Roe Fell? by Center For Reproductive Rights
What My Life-Threatening Experience Taught Me About Giving Birth by Serena Williams — CNN
Who Should You Listen to on Abortion? People Who’ve Had Them by Renee Bracey Sherman — The New York Times
Learn more and amplify the Reintroduction of the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act in U.S. Congress — Center for Reproductive Rights

Books —

Bad Fat Black Feminist: Notes from a Trap Feminist by Sesali Bowen
Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis by Dantia Hudson, Helen Arega, and Linda Jones
Choice Words: Writers on Abortion edited by Annie Finch
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
Killing The Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy E. Roberts
Luster by Raven Leilani
Our Bodies, Ourselves by Boston Women's Health Book Collective
Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood by Michele Goodwin
Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care by Jennifer Block
Reproductive Justice: A New Vision for the 21st Century by Loretta J. Ross and Rickie Solinger
Reproductive Rights and Wrongs by Betsey Hartmann
The Lie that Binds by Ilyse Hogue and Ellie Langford
The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World by Michelle Goldberg
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
The New Handbook for a Post-Roe America: The Complete Guide to Abortion Legality, Access, and Practical Support by Robin Marty
The Politics of Women's Bodies: Sexuality, Appearance, and Behavior by Rose Weitz and Samantha Kwan
The Seed: Infertility Is a Feminist Issue by Alexandra Kimball
The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having-or Being Denied-an Abortion by Diana Greene Foster
Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organizing for Reproductive Justice by Jael Silliman, Marlene Gerber Fried, and Loretta Ross
When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973 by Leslie J. Reagan
Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now by Jenny Brown

Watch —

AKA Jane Roe — Hulu
Cider House Rules — Netflix
Dear White People: Chapter IV — Netflix
Dirty Dancing — Hulu and Netflix
For Colored Girls (2010) — Hulu
Grey's Anatomy: Free Falling — Netflix
How To Survive a Plague — Available for Rent
If These Walls Could Talk — HBO
Little Woods (2019) — Hulu
Mrs. America — Hulu
Orange Is The New Black — Netflix
Ours to Tell — Planned Parenthood + We Testify
Philadelphia — Netflix
Scandal: Baby, It's Cold Outside — Netflix
Shrill — Hulu
The Bleeding Edge — Netflix
The Obvious Child — Netflix
When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories — Youtube
Films with abortion depictions are catalogued here: abortiononscreen.org

NOTE: Our focus areas are informed by community input. If there is an issue you'd like to see included or would like to share input, please email us at community@the-outrage.com with questions, comments, or concerns on our 2022 focus areas. We'd love to hear from you.

This is an incomplete and growing list. Last updated May 17, 2022.