Reproductive Justice Values for Universal Health Care Reform

Executive Summary

The Medicaid and Reproductive Justice (RJ) Collaborative is comprised of Advocates for Youth, In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, National Health Law Program, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, and Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity. Together, we have developed RJ Values for Universal Health Care Reform. In recognition of the thirtieth anniversary of the RJ movement, our Values aim to build on the RJ founders’ vision for health care reform articulated in their letter to Congress, “Black Women on Health Care Reform.” In addition to English, our values are available in Hindi, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Tongan, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese, and Urdu.

We have also developed accompanying “Reproductive Justice Principles for Federal Universal Health Care Reform” for policymakers and advocates.