Today, systemic barriers to reproductive health care – including abortion – make it difficult for Indigenous people to access services; barriers like geographic isolation, lack of culturally appropriate care, medical discrimination and more, as Serene Friskie writes: rabble.ca/health/abort...
Just last month, we shared the story of Katy Bear, a First Nations woman who was coerced into a tubal ligation in 2005. Like Katy, many Indigenous people have been subject to forced sterilization, which was legislated in BC and Alberta until the mid-1970s. www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
In the pursuit of reproductive justice, it is crucial for us as advocates to follow the lead of & center our advocacy around Indigenous communities who have been disproportionately harmed in repro health spaces to create meaningful change. #ReproductiveJusticeIsIndigenousJustice
The Survivors Circle for Reproductive Justice is a not-for-profit organization that supports Indigenous survivors of repro and/or obstetric violence, & are working to gather survivors' names for a national registry. heptagon-semicircle-3nwg.squarespace.com