'These reproductive health disparities and injustices are appalling, and if this is new information to you, then reproductive advocacy spaces are also failing to be inclusive and intersectional in a time that demands racial equity and justice.”
Young BIPOC are the heartbeat of our movement, and we need to be diligent about creating sustainable entry points for them.“As a first generation Nicaraguan Salvadoran woman, my ancestral lineage shows how resilient women have been in healing from unspoken traumas as they reclaim their reproductive autonomy. I entered this work because of the injustices I witnessed with pregnant women who experienced incarceration and substance use disorders.
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