REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS | Learn, Act, Give
LEARN
Knowledge is power. Educate yourself and you’ll be ready to talk with others and find ways to plug in that feel right for you!
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Choice vs. Access: Defining Reproductive Justice from Planned Parenthood
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Key Terms
Intersectionality: Coined by scholar and activist Kimberlé Crenshaw, intersectionality is the complex, cumulative way in which the effects of multiple forms of discrimination (such as racism, sexism, and classism) combine, overlap, or intersect especially in the experiences of marginalized individuals or groups.
Reproductive Health: According to the World Health Organization, reproductive health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, in all matters relating to the reproductive system and to its functions and processes.
Reproductive health implies that people are able to have a satisfying and safe sex life and that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so.
Reproductive Rights: Reproductive rights—having the ability to decide whether and when to have children—are important to women’s socioeconomic well-being and overall health. In recent years, policies affecting women’s reproductive rights in the United States have substantially changed at both the federal and state levels.
Reproductive Justice: Coined by a group of Black women in recognition that the Women’s Rights Movement, led by and representing white women, lacked a lens that could more equitably fight for the needs of Black, Indigenous, and women of color, and other marginalized people.
Reproductive justice looks at reproductive health and rights through a human rights and social justice framework. Reproductive justice equally fights for:
The right to have a child.
The right not to have a child.
The right to parent the children we have in safe and healthy conditions regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, immigration status, ability, or economic condition.
The right to bodily autonomy.
Bodily Autonomy: Bodily autonomy is the right to make decisions over one's own life and future. It is about being empowered to make informed choices about one’s own reproductive health.
ACT
Like we always say, there’s power in unity. Whether you have a little time or a lot, there’s a place for you in this fight! The bottom line is that for every action there is a reaction, so every act of service counts!
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST
Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest provides confidential, comprehensive, high-quality medical services and comprehensive education and advocacy programs to the communities of San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial counties.
ACLU SAN DIEGO AND IMPERIAL COUNTIES
The ACLU works to ensure that every woman can make the best decision for herself and her family about whether and when to have a child.
SAN DIEGO AREA NOW
Women’s rights are human rights. The San Diego area chapter of NOW continues the fight for equality and the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, safe reproductive access for all women, ending sexual discrimination, promoting diversity, marriage equality and educating the end of racism and violence against women.
Send a message to your representative. If you’ve never done so before, you might not realize how quick and easy (but critically important) it is to do so!
Talk about reproductive healthcare, rights, and justice with others. Normalize the topic and share why it matters to you.
GIVE
We know that your time, talent, and treasure is limited. Here are a few ways to focus your giving, and involvement on reproductive healthcare, rights, and justice - issues that matter to you:
Think about your unique strengths - what can you do that might be helpful? For example…
Contribute financial support to organizations doing the work locally or focus your giving on aid to women in states with restrictive abortion access.
National Organizations:
Get involved locally:
Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest
Activism can take many forms, the most important thing is to keep a laser focus on reproductive health, rights, and justice. Get in where you fit in, find YOUR way to stay involved and have your voice heard! Together, we gain power and momentum!
Training Resources
Join our WM Action Squad as we move from marching to action with opportunities to phone/text bank across the nation, postcarding and more! Sign up here.
New to advocacy? Check out the free, online Resistance School created by Harvard University Students.
Finding it difficult to keep track of what’s happening? Find watchdog information regarding upcoming legislation.
Action Network: Create campaigns, fundraisers and events.
Calendars
Women’s March San Diego’s Facebook event page provides local events that align with our unity principles.
ACLU's People Power provides activities by zip code.
Activists San Diego is networking for social justice.