PRJ Facts
The “RJ” stands for this in PRJ
What is Reproductive Justice?
In 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe, and since then, this many states enforce total bans on abortion care
What is 13?
This 2022 case overturned Roe v Wade.
What is Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization?
Reproductive Justice rests on the right to have a child, the right to not have a child, and the right to do this in safe and healthy environments.
What are the 3 core principles of reproductive justice?
This famous Philadelphia market is one of the oldest continuously operating public markets in the United States
What is Reading Terminal Market?
This project was started in 2023 by the community engagement committee and has had over 400 deliveries made.
What is the Plan B Delivery Service for Students?
This many states, plus the District of Columbia, do not restrict abortion based on gestational duration.
What is 9?
This 1965 case protected the right of married couples to use contraception.
What is Griswold v Connecticut?
This specific group of Black women coined the term “reproductive justice" in 1994.
Who are the Women of African Descent for Reproductive Justice?
1740 was the year that this institution that has one of the best nursing and business schools in the world was founded.
What is the University of Pennsylvania?
The two communities that PRJ aims to connect through its community engagement efforts
What are West Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania?
Black women in the US are about this many times more likely to die from pregnancy related causes than white women.
What is 3x?
This 1976 amendment bars federal Medicaid funds from paying for most abortions.
What is the Hyde Amendment?
This legal scholar coined “intersectionality,” a framework that is central to reproductive justice.
Who is Kimberle Crenshaw?
This famous Philadelphia sandwich traditionally features thinly sliced beef and a long roll
What is a Philly Cheesesteak?
This landmark case was the moving force for Penn Reproductive justice founding
What is Roe V. Wade?
Telehealth abortions provided to people in total ban states rose from 72000 in 2024 to this number in 2025.
What is 91000?
This 1992 case replaces Roe’s trimester framework with the “undue burden” standard.
What is Planned Parenthood v Casey?
In the 1950s, trials of the first birth control pill took place in this US territory, and many participants weren’t fully informed of the risks.
What is Puerto Rico?
This art museum is famous for the steps Rocky runs up in the movie Rocky.
What is the Philadelphia Art Museusm?
The best way to stay updated and learn more about Penn Reproductive Justice events and initiatives.
What is following Penn Reproductive Justice Instagram @pennreprojustice?
In November 2026, voters in these three states weigh in on abortion ballot measures.
What are Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia?
These state laws protect clinicians and patients involved in telehealth abortion across state lines, and Hawaii and Oregon enacted improvements in 2026.
What are shield laws?
In this 1927 case, the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that Virginia could forcibly sterilize Carrie Buck, a young woman institutionalized after being labeled “feebleminded.”
What is Buck v Bell?
This sports team played in Franklin Field up until the 1970s?
What are the Philadelphia Eagles?