Key Moments in
Abortion/Contraceptive
History
Abortion/Contraceptive
History
What year was the term "Reproductive Justice" coined?
1994
What are the Tenants of Reproductive Justice?
1. The right to have a child
2. The right to not have a child
3. The right to raise your child in a safe and healthy environment
4. The right to affirm your own gender identity and the right to sexual pleasure
(Loretta Ross, Reproductive Choice and Justice Hormonal Podcast, 2020)
Whose 4 assailants were given life in prison for assaulting her and whose case impacted white men in Florida and the rest of the South?
Betty Jean Owens
What does DV stand for?
Domestic violence, violence against family.
Why was Women of African Descent for Reproductive Justice created?
To defend and uplift the needs of woman of color and marginalized people.
What is "quickening"?
Fetal movement (Dayton, Taking the Trade)
Whose mother gave him an open casket funeral to show the world what racism does to people and how barbaric lynching is after he allegedly whistled at a white woman?
Emmett Till
What does IPV stand for?
Interpersonal Violence, violence committed against partners.
Why was SisterSong created in 1997?
To create a national multi-ethnic reproductive justice movement.
What is reproductive justice?
The human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy.
Who accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas for sexual assault?
Anita Faye Hill
What is the name of the abortion clinic located 190 N State Street who bribed the CPD and prosecutors?
What feminist issues were identified when the State of Israel sterilized Ethiopian immigrants?
White supremacy, anti-black racism, sexism, and state power.
What is gender based violence?
Who wrote the essay "The Pill" 3 years before Roe v. Wade was legalized on the federal level?
Toni Cade Bambara
Who was against the Comstock Act and opened the first birth control clinic?
How was the Reproductive Justice movement launched?
By publishing a historic, full page statement on the Washington Post with over 800 signatures.
What is carceral feminism?
An approach that sees increased policing, prosecution, and imprisonment as the primary solution to violence against women (Victoria Law, Against Carceral Feminism)
This person, along with 15 others, co-founded founded SisterSong, coined the terms "women of color" and "reproductive justice".
What state was the most restrictive towards abortion and contraceptives?
Connecticut