FactSheet: Increasing Temperatures Because of the Climate Change Crisis is a Reproductive Justice Issue in the United States

Organization: Human Rights Watch

Year: 2020

FactSheet: Increasing Temperatures Because of the Climate Change Crisis is a Reproductive Justice Issue in the United States

A Better Balance, the Black Women’s Health Imperative, Human Rights Watch, the National Birth Equity Collaborative, and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice-Florida released today a fact sheet, “Increasing Temperatures because of the Climate Change Crisis is a Reproductive Justice Issue in the United States.” Reproductive Justice is a global movement created by Black women’s rights activists in the US. It seeks to ensure the human right to legal and equitable access to comprehensive, high quality reproductive health services, and a healthy and safe environment for all women during pregnancy and while raising children.