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DONATEThis Women’s Day, we come together once again to affirm that no woman is free until all women are free📢 No woman is free while we are being chained to hospital beds, abused, silenced, and condemned as criminals for having abortions and miscarriages. Condemned for having a mind of our own that allows us to […]
We often hear from many of our members, in digital and real-life spaces, about the relentless ways that patriarchy manifests in our societies, specifically as a form of reproductive oppression. Patriarchal conditions enforce binaries that are harmful to women, lgbtq folks, disabled people, and racial, ethnic, religious minorities who are more marginalized in society. These […]
This year brings us a group of committed individuals who have spent many years of their lives fighting abortion stigma, and who are now coming together from a wide range of geographic and work experiences to strengthen the inroads network. Each and every Steering Committee member juggles many stigma-shattering roles and is an active voice […]
In observance of September 28th, the International Day for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion, we decided to share more widely the message of solidarity I first drafted in the wake of upsetting political events that happened in 2016. The wake has not subsided, and in many ways has grown more complicated, more fraught for […]
My journey to understanding the dynamics of abortion stigma began first in Senior High School, when our School chaplain at Mass asked me a question in front of the student body “What will you do if you get pregnant?” Immediately I realized, I had never been asked that question but I knew what the answer […]
As young leaders for sexual and reproductive health and rights, we see the negative impact of abortion and sexuality stigma every day: restrictive laws and policies, health-care providers who deter young people from using reproductive health services, and little community support for young leaders such as ourselves, simply because we are young. Girls and young […]
One of the things that I think about a lot, sometimes obsessively, is how to get more people who are situated outside of the feminists/activists circles, to talk openly about abortion within their own social networks, be it with their friends, family, co-workers, etc. And although I would certainly be thrilled if the mainstream discourse […]
For more than 45 years, Planned Parenthood Global (PP Global) has been working to expand access to safe and legal abortion services, especially where access to providers is most needed. A big part of that work is combating abortion stigma. While abortion is legally allowed in nearly every country where we work throughout Africa and Latin America, […]