When I worked for Planned Parenthood and still pretty naive, I remember the solid thud with which the concept of reproductive justice hit home when I found out that long-term birth control was being “marketed” (read: pushed) to low income women and women of color as a way to control their sexuality, despite elevated risks associated with Depo Provera and the old Norplant. Because of course (marginalized) women are untrustworthy and unresponsible with their reproductive health. It was a (barely) modified version of the Tuskegee Experiment and Eugenics-based forced sterilization and it was terrifying.

Which is to say that I am so excited and grateful that there are people like you and the other folks involved with Law Students for Reproductive Justice out there actively working to ensure reproductive justice at all levels.