Abortion Restrictions Are Racist. Freedom Means Full Access for All, Full Stop.
We can’t end racism overnight. But we can call out the racism inherent in abortion restrictions—including the mifepristone lawsuit against the FDA.
GOP Aims to Paint Telehealth Providers of Abortion Pills as “Drug Traffickers”
Kimberly Inez McGuire, executive director of United for Reproductive and Gender Equity, said the lawsuit in Texas is a dangerous attempt by anti-abortion groups to “severely restrict the reproductive health care decisions of millions of people” and further upend pregnancy care as the nation grapples with an extremely confusing post-Roe legal landscape. “Let’s be clear: Abortion pills are a safe and effective option for managing abortions on our own terms, and they should be accessible for everyone everywhere, whether in a clinic or for self-managed abortion,” McGuire said in a statement.
Voters Protected Abortion Care In Every State Where It Was On The Ballot
“Yesterday, abortion access proved to be a winning issue across the country,” Kimberly Inez McGuire, the executive director at Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity, a national reproductive justice group, said in a Wednesday statement.
Reproductive justice has the blueprint for post-Roe America, but are we ready for it?
Kimberly Inez McGuire, the executive director of Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity (URGE), discussed how relentless grassroots organizing led voters in Kansas to reject a constitutional amendment that would have banned abortion—a striking and unexpected win in one of the most conservative states in the country.
Even Artwork About Abortion Is Legally Risky Now
“We knew, coming to Texas, that we would have to take certain precautions. We consulted with legal counsel,” Kimberly Inez McGuire, steering committee member of the Abortion On Our Own Terms Campaign, told VICE News. “I have a 1-year-old daughter and I was going to bring her with me, but I made the decision to actually also bring my mother, because on the off-chance that we were unjustly and illegally arrested for doing this, I wanted to make sure there was someone to take care of my kid.”
Young, impatient, and intersectional: Gen Z activists tackle abortion
“That’s important, because lived experiences have an impact on how you show up in your activism,” says Kimberly Inez McGuire, executive director of Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity, or URGE, which she describes as an “intersectional reproductive justice organization” with a youth focus.
Kansas voters resoundingly protect their access to abortion
“Kansans bluntly rejected anti-abortion politicians’ attempts at creating a reproductive police state,” said Kimberly Inez McGuire, executive director of Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity. ”Today’s vote was a powerful rebuke and a promise of the mounting resistance.”
Kansas Will Soon Be The First State To Vote On Abortion Rights Post-Roe
“A lot of people really overlook Kansas, but I think most Kansans are really on the side of progressive history,” said Nigel Morton, an abortion rights organizer at URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity.
If Roe falls, what can Biden do on abortion access? Advocacy groups get creative
“We are all thinking creatively about what administrative solutions might exist,” including increasing the availability of abortion pills, said Kimberly Inez McGuire, executive director of Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity who met with the White House in one of its “listening sessions.” “But in this specific moment, what I’m looking for from this administration is leadership,” she said.
Abortion Rights At Risk, According to Politico (Audio)
Terry Haines, founder of Pangaea Policy, and Kimberly Inez McGuire, executive director of the advocacy group Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equality, talk about the future of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision protecting the constitutional right to abortion with Bloomberg’s Nathan Hager