Disability Reproductive Equity Day Rally
Thursday, May 23rd at 2pm ET at the Capitol House Triangle
This May, we observe the first-ever Disability Reproductive Equity Day. This day highlights the critical need for policies that center bodily autonomy and expand access to sexual and reproductive health care for disabled people. In conversations about reproductive justice, abortion, parenting, and more, disabled people are often overlooked. We chose to observe this day in May because May 2nd marked the 97th anniversary of the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision Buck v. Bell, which upheld a Virginia law authorizing involuntary sterilization of disabled people. The decision was an attack on bodily autonomy rooted in ableism, racism, sexism, and eugenics. On Disabled Reproductive Equity Day, we reclaim our rights and our bodies and move toward collective liberation.
Join us in Washington, DC, on Thursday, May 23rd at 2pm ET at the Capitol House Triangle for a community rally.