Black & Beautiful Map of Anti-Abortion billboards
Mapping of Billboards in Oakland California. Map by Bill Rankin and Law Students for Reproductive Justice
The fact that this has been co-opted is something that is obviously only meant to divide us. I think our community can see right through it," said Alicia
Trust Black Women California
Alicia Walters
Rather than allow outside agitators to barge in and try to divide us by scape-goating Black women for political gain, Black women’s organizations and our allies must come together to find solutions to ending the health disparities and crises we face.
Black Women for Wellness
Jan Robinson Flint
These ads create a place for hate mongers to hide behind. We know Latinas are the heart of their communities. Undermining Latinas’ health decisions undermines every Latina’s overall decision-making for herself and her family.
California Latinas Reproductive Justice
Gabriela Valle
“These billboards stigmatize women of color and perpetuate myths about parenting skills and the types of women who seek and use abortion services,
U.S. Congress
Hon. Barbara Lee
Trust Black Women CA
Trust Black Women California organizes to support women of color in a statewide response and strategy in securing and maintaining reproductive justice. We lend support and work in tangent with national movements addressing the mean spirited and hard hearted racist attack on women’ access to reproductive health education, services and care.
Take Action and sign the petition. Ask Jeff McCuen of CBS Outdoor to remove the racist billboards from our community. As we have seen from recent media coverage, they are linked to a right-wing national campaign to completely eliminate a woman’s right to choose – and of course, starting with women of color.
