Thread by @UltraViolet

Navigating an already complex and traumatic immigration system here in the US, (im)migrant pregnant folks, women, and families also have to deal with a restrictive reproductive health care system.
texastribune.org/2021/11/12/tex…

“We have to think about the cultural terrain and context that we live under. Celebrating abortion as a liberating personal freedom is alienating in the social and religious context of most immigrant families." @SSFTexas #BansOffOurBodies #AbortionJustice

.@NationalNOW reported that nearly 50% of immigrant & undocumented women experience violence from an intimate partner, 3x times the national average.

Whether income or legal status prevents them from leaving an abusive partner, unwanted pregnancy is a step in the wrong direction: Researchers have found that women who wanted an abortion but were denied the procedure were more likely to stay with their abusive partners.

Fighting for reproductive rights means also fighting for immigrant justice, voting rights, housing justice, economic justice, gender justice.

All of our intersecting identities are at play here & we have to keep that in mind as we pave the way towards #AbortionJustice.

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