Groundswell Fund’s Naa Hammond explains why reproductive justice is about more than reproductive rights, and why movements for transformative change must be intersectional.
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Groundswell Fund’s Naa Hammond explains why reproductive justice encompasses not only reproductive rights but also race, class, sexuality, and identity. Only by recognizing and appreciating how the struggle for justice in all of these areas intersect can reformers build a viable model to bring about progressive and transformational change.
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