National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice
You strike Roe? The NATIONAL MOBILIZATION FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE says NO!
Fill the streets to say: Abortion rights are here to stay!
#StandForRoe #MyDecisionAlone
On May 2, a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling showed that the misogynist
majority intends to eliminate Roe v. Wade. This is outrageous and unacceptable.
Come out now to show the court there will be hell to pay if they eliminate federal
protections for reproductive autonomy for half the population. We need to
raise a powerful outcry to show the justices that reproductive justice cannot be denied!
It is urgent to act, speak out, and educate about how abortion is a life-and-death health issue, a question of economic justice, and a basic human right. Join the movement
to defend the right of women and all people to control their own bodies.
Help build this effort, participate in ongoing reproductive justice actions, and spread the word!
- Protect & expand Roe v. Wade; safe, legal abortion on demand without apology
- Repeal the Hyde Amendment
- Overturn state barriers to reproductive choices
- Stop forced sterilization
- No to caged kids, forced assimilation, & child welfare abuses
- End medical & environmental racism; for universal healthcare
- Defend queer & trans families
- Guarantee medically sound sex education & affordable childcare
- Sexual self-determination for people with disabilities
- Uphold social progress with expanded voting rights & strong unions
What we call for:
Initiated by Radical Women. Endorsed by: Alphabet Workers Union CWA Local 1400, American Federation of Government Employees Local 3197, Central Phoenix NOW - Inez Casiano, Communication Workers of America Local 7800, Cornish Federation of Teachers (AFT 4169), Downtown Women for Change, Freedom Socialist Party, Fuerza Mundial Global, Gender Justice League, Georgia NOW, Her Heart Beats Too, Kadima Reconstructionist Community, Knoxville Center for Reproductive Health, Labor for Black Lives Collective-Seattle, Metro Justice, National Organization of Legal Services Workers UAW 2320, New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Newark Education Workers Caucus, Older Women's League-SF, Oregon Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity, Phoenix Democratic Socialists of America, Pacific NW & IL chapters of American Party of Labor, Raging Grannies Action League, La Resistancia, Seattle Democratic Socialists of America, Seattle NOW, Socialist Alternative-Oakland-San Francisco-Seattle, South Dakota NOW, Trabajadoras por la Paz, United Auto Workers Local 4121, Unitarian Universalists of San Francisco Human Rights Working Group, Washington Federation of State Employees Local 304, Washington State Federation of Democratic Women, Women2Women Phoenix
Add your organization as an endorser and add events to the calendar by contacting
RadicalWomenUS@gmail.com or 206-985-4621. Endorsement form.
Get Involved
Your help is needed to help build actions to mobilize the public now and also be ready for “day of decision” actions when the Supreme Court ruling comes down in the next weeks or days. Make a difference as you work with like-minded feminists and learn new skills, such as organizing rallies and doing community outreach.
National Meetings
Next meeting: Sunday, July 17, 3pm PDT/6pm EDT - Learn about everyone’s Day of Decision actions, hear how reproductive rights fighters connected with union militants at the national Labor Notes conference, and firm up plans for ongoing organizing. Bring your thoughts and get involved. Register here.
New York
Register here for Reproductive Justice organizing meetings on Wednesdays at 6:30pm. ReproJusticeNowNYC@gmail.com, 212-222-0633, Instagram follow and share.
Day of Decision Gather at Union Square (south end of park at 14th Street) at 5pm, New York City,
Info: ReproJusticeNowNYC@gmail.com, 212-222-0633
Download NYC Day of Decision color posters to spread far and wide
Download NYC Day of Decision stickers/flyers
Phoenix
Day of Decision Gather at 7pm at the AZ State Capitol (1700 W Washington St, Phoenix),
Info: rw.phx@radicalwomen.org, Instagram follow and share.
Download Phoenix Day of Decision color poster to spread far and wide
Download Phoenix Day of Decision stickers/flyers
San Francisco Bay Area
Reproductive Justice SF meets on the first and third Thursdays of each month at 6:30pm.
Contact them at reprojustice.sf@gmail.com or send message
via facebook.com/reprojusticecoalitionsf for details. Instagram follow and share
Day of Decision: Gather at Phillip Burton Federal Court House at 5pm, 450 Golden Gate Ave. SF
Download Bay Area Day of Decision color poster to spread far and wide
Download Bay Area Day of Decision stickers/flyers
Seattle
Planning meetings of the Puget Sound Mobilization for Reproductive Justice: Sundays at 6:30pm via Zoom. Register at tinyurl.com/2022justice
Info: pugetsoundmobe@gmail.com, 206-722-6057,
Instagram, Twitter, Facebook
Day of Decision: Gather at Federal Building at 5pm, 915 2nd Ave., Seattle
Download Seattle Day of Decision color poster to spread far and wide
Download Seattle Day of Decision stickers/flyers
Upcoming Actions
October 2021 events
December 2021 actions
January 2022 actions
Take Action
Demand President Biden issue an immediate Executive Order guaranteeing every person the right to abortion. Email him at www.whitehouse.gov/contact.
Call on your union to organize an emergency conference of working women and allies to strategize defense of reproductive rights.
Write to the U.S. Supreme Court. Use this online form on the Supreme Court website. Or mail to: Supreme Court of the United States, 1 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20543. Sample message here.
Mail the judges a coathanger with a note!
Record of Supreme Court justices on abortion.
Leaflet with QR code for writing the Supreme Court.
Media coverage and videos
“Reproductive Justice: A Survival Issue for BIPOC, Labor and Oppressed People,” Martin Luther King Day Seattle workshop, January 12, 2022
“Women of color want reproductive justice, not just abortion rights,” Washington Post, May 12, 2022
“Raging Grannies and Radical Women on protecting reproductive rights,” 48 Hills, San Francisco, May 11, 2022
"Activists React to Pending Roe v. Wade Reversal" (scroll down for video interview), College of DuPage, IL, May 9, 2022
“Hundreds March for Abortion Rights in Phoenix After Supreme Court Shock,” Phoenix New Times, May 4, 2022
Rapid Response for Abortion Rights, San Francisco, Indybay, May 3, 2022
Abortion Rights Activists Plan Rally at SF Federal Building Tuesday, SFist, May 3, 2022
Seattle May Day march and reproductive justice contingent, KIRO TV, May 1, 2022
Dynamite rally speech by Irene A., April 9, Berkeley, CA
Video - Black History Month panel: "Black Women Fire Up the Movement for Reproductive Justice"
Slideshow of National Mobilization Dec. 1, 2021 actions, with excerpts from speeches
Video about the National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice, Oct 3 2021
Video: Why we must fight by Nga Bui, Oct. 3, 2021, NYC
Organizing Tools
Large "I'm Fighting For" posters, 18" x 22", black and white. Prints on roll printer. Check FedEx.
Downloadable color posters for the 10 demands of the National Mobilization
About the Mobilization -- English and Spanish
Abortion Myths & Realities handout
Labor involvement in the fight for reproductive justice
Leaflet: No Going Back on Abortion Rights!
"Mississippi’s Abortion Freedom Fighters," 2 min video
Info on the Mississippi case before the Supreme Court
Downloadable color posters for the 10 demands of the National Mobilization
Suggested chants (print back-to-back and cut in half)
How you can help
Donate to costs of the national campaign
Post and distribute Day of Decision fliers everywhere you go. Download for your location from link at the city actions in left column.
Organize a rally, march or flash mob
Do bannering and leafleting at bridges and intersections
Hold an online forum, teach-in or conversation
Work with other groups to hold a town hall event addressing a range of key events such as voting rights, reproductive justice, and workers rights during Covid
Online film showing – recommended titles
Hold a Twitter storm with these slogans
#StandForRoe
#MyDecisionAlone
Host a letter-writing hour to address federal and state issues of concern
Resources
Amicus brief on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization from Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights, and 16 racial justice, feminist, and labor organizations
Analysis of Texas anti-abortion law SB8
"Unsung Mothers of the Movement: A Radical Herstory on Black Southern Networks Facilitating Abortion Access Before and After Roe v. Wade," by Hailey Broughton-Jones
Demographics: who has abortions in the U.S.?
"Ableism and Reproductive Health," speech by Kendra Scalia, New York. Watch on video.
Los Angeles forum "Remembering Rosie Jimenez: Fighting for Reproductive Justice Today"
“Worldwide Fight for Abortion Rights Coming to a Neighborhood Near You,” by Bernadette Logue
Status of abortion laws and access in the U.S.
Visit the Radical Women website at www.RadicalWomen.org