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Reproductive Justice Values for Federal Universal Health Care Reform
Reproductive Justice Values for Federal Universal Health Care Reform
Published 2024
30 years ago, the twelve Black women who founded the reproductive justice movement and its accompanying framework published a letter to Congress demanding universal, comprehensive, and affordable health coverage and access. While some progress has been made to advance reproductive justice in health care since then, barriers like the Hyde Amendment have continued to make access difficult, especially for immigrants, low-income communities, and Latines and other people of color. Last year’s Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has only made things worse.
In honor of the reproductive justice movement’s 30th anniversary, the Medicaid and Reproductive Justice Collaborative (made up of Advocates for Youth, In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, the National Health Law Program, and Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity) is excited to introduce our “Reproductive Justice Values for Universal Health Care Reform,” which aim to build on the reproductive justice founders’ vision and apply their framework to health care reform. The Values are available below in both English and Spanish.
We have also developed accompanying “Reproductive Justice Principles for Federal Universal Health Care Reform” for policymakers and advocates working towards universal health coverage and access.
