These Tweets Show Why #ReclaimRoe Matters For All People of Color
On this day in 1973, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Roe v. Wade, making abortion legal in the United States. A full 43 years later, reproductive rights are still under fire as lawmakers attempt to dismantle activists’ gains. The following tweets, using trending hashtags like #ReclaimRoe and #Roe43, remind us that the ongoing fight to preserve abortion as a human right matters for all people of color.
When undocumented folk get deported for going to a routine doctors appointment, that's not access. #reclaimroe
— ñdontstop (@delasondas) January 22, 2016
Women of color must be able to decide when we're ready to parent &be able to raise our children in a world where they are safe. #7in10forRoe
— SisterSong (@SisterSong_WOC) January 22, 2016
I #reclaimroe for all the queers out there who have been told that the the fight for repro rights is not ours #Roe43
— Megan J. Smith (@RepealHydeArtPr) January 22, 2016
Fastest growing #AAPI population in some of worst states for ReproRights #Roe43 #Arizona #Indiana pic.twitter.com/37Ri8GC35A
— NAPAWF (@NAPAWF) January 22, 2016
We can't talk about #abortion rights w/o talking about the Black women who helped win Roe. https://t.co/6MMCMc1zyA @StrongFams #ReclaimRoe
— Sea Change Program (@SeaChangeProg) January 1, 2016
"Roe v Wade wasn't the beginning of women getting abortions. It was the end of women dying from abortions." @janschakowsky at #Roe43
— Nicole Merchut (@nicolemerchut) January 22, 2016
Great news. Now, can we make abortion access a reality for Native Am women who rely on IHS? #BeBoldEndHyde https://t.co/4LnBFO546B
— lisa h-s (@lyfeofriley) October 22, 2015
Income, age, race, or locale shouldn’t control your abortion rights. #AbortionPositive means access for ALL #Roe43 pic.twitter.com/tAIxHl5uo9
— URGE (@URGE_org) January 22, 2016
Abortion rights are more than healthcare: its about equality,self determination & respect.We don’t say it enough but today we should #Roe43
— Brynne Craig (@BrynneCraig) January 22, 2016
"Women of color need to have abortion access & services to live healthy lives." @monicarsimpson @sistersong_woc #RJ2016
— Sea Change Program (@SeaChangeProg) January 20, 2016
We are 1 in 3. Somos 1 en cada 3. #SoyPoderosa #SomosPoderosas #1in3Speaks
— NLIRH (@NLIRH) January 19, 2016