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We have decided to take a step back from Bluesky, but this isn’t a goodbye; just a pause as we consider our priorities for the year. Thank you for the community you’ve helped us build.
Stay tapped in to the RJ movement by following us on IG @blackwomensrj, on FB, or through email at blackrj.org ❤️💙
ICE has been targeting our communities for too long, and their escalation against women and children cannot go unnoticed.
We must fight alongside our friends in Minnesota and continue to track and resist this violence across the country.
19thnews.org/2026/01/ice-...
Me? Bringing up Reproductive Justice unprompted (again)? That sounds right.
Abortion is essential healthcare, and Roe made that clear. But now that the Dobbs decision has made access to abortion even more difficult, we must not forget that having the right to an abortion is not enough.
We must give people the ability to access abortions no matter their location or income.
Ciji Graham and Tierra Walker were both Black women with high-risk, unexpected pregnancies.
They both wanted to terminate their pregnancies for the sake of their own health.
Instead, they died because of abortion bans. www.propublica.org/article/high...
It’s not a coincidence that Black women are being hit hardest by unemployment.
That’s why we need each other now more than ever. Read more about Black Women Rising: the Discord chat keeping our hopes alive. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/business/black-women-job-market-hiring-careers-dei.html
On this 40th anniversary of #MLK day, we remind you that staying silent is never an option.
A better world takes all of us.
As predicted, pregnancy-related criminal charges are on the rise in the U.S. since the Dobbs decision four years ago.
“Prosecutors in states with abortion bans are increasingly charging mostly low-income women with pregnancy-related crimes.”
www.axios.com/2026/01/15/p...
Conservatives using abortion to try to cut affordable healthcare for millions of Americans?
Unsurprising.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5689744-abortion-senate-obamacare-deal/
So what did Dr. Oz mean when he said he wants more “Trump babies” to be born?
The answer is simple: eugenics. The idea that only certain people should be born or allowed to raise healthy families.
Read more in the op-ed from our President and CEO @reginadavismoss.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4bwjJTk
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Amplifying and lifting the voices of Black women leaders to secure sexual and reproductive justice for Black women, girls, and gender-expansive people.
Our reporting has found that abortion bans generally don’t include exceptions that cover health concerns pregnant women with chronic conditions can face — or if they do, doctors aren’t using them.
A push by Senate negotiators to strike a deal on extending enhanced ObamaCare subsidies is running into a brick wall as they struggle to clear a key hurdle on abortion. Members have been engaged in...
