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5 Disability Justice Activists to Know This Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Disability justice centers the rights and freedoms of people with disabilities and chronic illnesses, considering the intersections of all forms of oppression.
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For People Living on the Texas Border, COVID-19 Brings Unique Challenges to Reproductive Health Care
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In Georgia, Black Women Lead the Fight Against High Maternal Mortality Rates and Anti-Choice Legislation
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7 Gender Justice Activists to Know This Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Asian and Pacific American women, transgender, and gender nonconforming people have been on the forefront of movements for survivor advocacy, LGBTQ liberation, bodily autonomy, and sex positivity.
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5 Reproductive Justice Advocates to Know This Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Rewire.News is highlighting five revolutionary activists who have led the fight for reproductive freedom, bodily autonomy, and gender equity.
Louisiana’s Clinic Shutdown Law Will Hurt Black Women. We’re Fighting Back.
Given the obstacles Black women already face, new barriers to abortion—in Louisiana and across the country—will turn reproductive health care into a right we cannot exercise.
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‘Shifting the Culture of Care’: A Q&A With Chanel Porchia-Albert, Founder of Doula Collective Ancient Song
"Black people historically didn’t have access to health care within the context of institutional care. There were midwives and healers within the communities, and that was their source of strength."
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For People Living on the Texas Border, COVID-19 Brings Unique Challenges to Reproductive Health Care
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New Moms May Face Uphill Battle After Giving Birth. Here’s What to Watch For.
"We need to give women the grace to do what they need to help themselves."