IRTF's Work in Reproductive Rights Defense
Abortion around the world is often clandestine and costly. It is differentially risky according to one’s social and economic position. It is related to domestic violence, sexual harassment, the gendered pay gap, the murders of gendered environmental land defenders and Indigenous water protectors in rural areas. Those most harmed by the criminalization of abortion are all people with the capacity to gestate with the fewest economic resources, including those who cannot pay for abortion. The right to abortion is inseparable from the demand for guaranteed public health system which includes abortion and comprehensive sexual education allowing for more inclusive sexual expressions, and relationships. The right to abortion isn’t merely an individual right, our bodies can not be policed as private property. We contain multitudes and worlds.
In this post, see a collection of the work IRTF has done over the years in Reproductive Rights Defense.