The Systemic Targeting of Marginalized Groups by Anti-Abortion Centers

Targeting marginalized communities is an issue across various businesses, including finance, food and beverage, and retail. Anti-abortion centers (AACs) also fall in the predatory business category. AACs’ strategic targeting of marginalized communities exploits disparities and systemic inequalities in reproductive health care to their advantage.

Anti-Abortion Centers And Our Data: A History Of Unregulated Exploitation

Introduction

Surveillance of pregnant people and criminalization of abortion is nothing new in the United States’ long history of trying to control bodily autonomy. Historian Leslie J. Reagan details the timeline of anti-abortion laws in the U.S. beginning in the nineteenth century, followed by law enforcement tactics of interrogating those who had abortions, clinic raids, and prosecution of people who had abortions.

Reproductive Health: A Social Justice Issue

The United Nations (UN) defines human rights as, “rights we have simply because we exist as human beings - they are not granted by the state.” These range from the right to food and education, to health and liberty. The United Nations also affirms that access to culturally competent reproductive health care is a human right. As such, the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v.

By Overturning Roe, the U.S. Will Lay Bare Its Ugly Reality to the World

On January 22, 1973, the United States became one of the first countries in the world to legalize elective abortion with Roe v. Wade. Forty-nine years later, this will be the last anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision, as the Court is now poised to overturn Roe this summer. The U.S.

We’re All in This Together: Understanding Climate Justice as Reproductive Justice

As 2021 comes to a close, climate change worsens and reproductive health is under unprecedented threat. But how do the movements for climate justice and reproductive justice intersect?

Wins and Losses for Reproductive Rights: Ballot Measures in 2020

One month has passed since Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris were declared the winners of the 2020 presidential election. Since then, much of the national media’s attention has shifted to their transition team and President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede.

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