What is Reproductive Justice?

Click Here to read SisterSong's paper "Understanding Reproductive Justice"

Reproductive Justice, as defined by Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice (an original founding member oranization of SisterSong) is the complete physical, mental, spiritual, political, economic, and social well-being of women and girls, and will be achieved when women and girls have the economic, social and political power and resources to make healthy decisions about our bodies, sexuality and reproduction for ourselves, our families and our communities in all areas of our lives.

For this to become reality, we need to make change on the individual, family, community, and institutional levels to end all forms of oppression, including forces that deprive us of self-determination and control over our bodies, and limit our reproductive choices. This oppression has been implemented through the controlling and exploiting of women and girls through our bodies, sexuality, and reproduction (both biological and social) by families, communities and institutions. The regulation of reproduction
and exploitation of women's bodies and labor is both a tool and a result of systems of oppression based on race, class, gender, sexuality, ability, and immigration status (Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice, 2005). This is reproductive oppression as SisterSong uses the term for which we must build a united movement for Reproductive Justice.

Click here to view Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice's 2005 Paper on Reproductive Justice.