WHAT IS Reproductive Justice?

By Manna Mostaghim

Reproductive Justice was primarily developed from the experiences of Black and Indigenous women across North America. It was first presented by activists in the mid-nineties at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo “where the entire world agreed that the individual right to plan your own family must be central to global development”.

The Reproductive Justice mandate sought to imbue the language of international frameworks on reproductive rights with the acknowledgement that some individuals do not “own,” “control,” or make decisions about their body, health, and relationships. It instead acknowledges that reproductive rights exist in discriminatory systems and societies that inhibit an individual’s ability to make reproductive choices.

The Reproductive Justice mandate sought to imbue the language of international frameworks on reproductive rights with the acknowledgement that some individuals do not “own,” “control,” or make decisions about their body, health, and relationships. It instead acknowledges that reproductive rights exist in discriminatory systems and societies that inhibit an individual’s ability to make reproductive choices.

WHAT IS Reproductive Justice?

By Manna Mostaghim