SPARK
Double Standards: Congress Attacks Abortion and Families
May 12, 2011
In this segment from GRITtv, Paris Hatcher, Executive Director of SPARK Reproductive Justice Now, exposes the double standards at the heart of recent Congressional attacks on abortion and the rights of young people to parent:
"We're supposed to love life, right? And protect mothers and ban abortion because abortion is about ending babies lives, right? But then we see cuts to WIC, [Women, Infants & Children benefits], we know women are being chained to beds to give birth."
Posted in: Healthcare, Media, Reproductive Justice, SPARK
Podcast: This Year’s Reproductive Health & Justice Initiative
March 10, 2011
From left: Paris Hatcher, Maria Elena Perez, Claire Simon, Gabriel Foster
Here at Third Wave, we are inspired on a daily basis by the courage, creativity, and power of our grant partners across the country. Together they are organizing and building a more powerful movement for reproductive health and justice. This movement will ensure reproductive health and rights for young people, and give them the resources and tools they need to confront the racism, poverty, gender-based violence at the root of inequality.
For a quick introduction to some of their work this year, listen to to this recent podcast featuring members of four of our grant partner organizations:
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(Or, direct download here.)
- Maria Elena Perez of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
- Claire Simon of the Young Women of Color HIV/AIDS Coalition
- Gabriel Foster of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project
- Paris Hatcher of SPARK Reproductive Justice Now
Posted in: Blog, Community, NLIRH, Podcast, SPARK, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, YWCHAC
Reproductive Justice & “Political Southernization”: Paris Hatcher from SPARK on GRITtv
March 28, 2011
Earlier this month, Paris Hatcher of SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW appeared on GRITtv with Laura Flanders, where she discussed the recent surge of attacks on reproductive justice and responses led by young women of color activists.
Posted in: Media, Reproductive Justice, SPARK
So-Called “Freedom Rides”
December 10, 2010
GRITtv examines the conspiracy tactics of the conservative anti-choice movement and the dangerous racist, sexist and classist implications of their attempt to limit reproductive health options for the people with the least access to health services. Check out GRITtv Digs documentary series, Conspiracy Tactics, on just this topic. The most recent installment on this topic is an interview with Loretta Ross from SisterSong and Lynn Paltrow from National Advocates for Pregnant Women about the so-called "Freedom Rides" against abortion. Take a look:
One of our amazing grant partners, SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW has been organizing in the face of these Freedom Rides which intentionally use the language of racism and Civil Rights to increase the criminalization of black women. Read more about what SPARK's been up to here!
Posted in: Blog, Criminalization, Healthcare, Media, Movement Building, Reproductive Justice, SPARK
SPARK Counters Anti-Choice “Freedom Rides”
August 4, 2010
When anti-choice activists Priests for Life organized so-called "Freedom Rides" to Atlanta last week, members of SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW called a rally to counter the divisive rhetoric and actions of Priests for Life. SPARK, a Third Wave grant partner, along with SisterSong and SisterLove, gathered to speak out against the ways that the "Freedom Ride" activists use a history of racism in reproductive control as a way to blame and shame black women.
Posted in: Actions, Reproductive Justice, SPARK