REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE. Miriam W. Yeung, MPA Executive Director

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1 REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE Miriam W. Yeung, MPA Executive Director

2 1654 ECONOMY OF THE NEW WORLD FOUNDED UPON THE LABOR AND REPRODUCTION OF ENSLAVED AFRICAN WOMEN

3 1830S PRESIDENT JACKSON ORDERS THE KILLING OF AMERICAN INDIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN

4 1875 PAGE LAW DECLARES ALL CHINESE WOMEN PROSTITUTES AND PROHIBITS THEIR JOINING OF THEIR HUSBANDS IN THE U.S.

5 1882 CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT BARS ENTRY OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS AND EXCLUDES EVEN THEIR AMERICAN BORN CHILDREN FROM CITIZENSHIP

6 IN % OF BIRTHS ATTENDED BY MIDWIVES. BY 1935 ONLY 10%. MALE DOCTORS TAKE OVER BIRTHING.

7 1907 LAWS MANDATING STERILIZATION OF INFERIOR AND UNFIT PEOPLE PASS IN NUMEROUS STATES

8 1913 ANTI-MISCEGENATION LAWS PASS IN VARIOUS STATES

9 1920 WOMEN FINALLY GET THE RIGHT TO VOTE

10 1943 JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT AND FORCED STERILIZATION OF THOUSANDS OF WOMEN IN THE CAMPS

11 1956 CLINICAL TRIALS OF BIRTH CONTROL PILLS ON POOR PUERTO RICAN WOMEN WITH DOSES 20 TIMES ACCEPTABLE LEVELS

12 1964 GRISWOLD V. CT DECLARES COUPLES PRIVATE RIGHT TO USE CONTRACEPTION

13 1965 MEDICAID AND MEDICARE PASSED

14 1967 VIRGINIA V. LOVING STRIKES DOWN ANTI- MISCEGENATION LAWS

15 1968 1/3 OF PUERTO RICAN WOMEN STERILIZED THRU GOVERNMENT POPULATION CONTROL CAMPAIGN

16 1969 STONEWALL RIOTS HAPPEN IN NYC

17 1970S 25% OF AMERICAN INDIAN WOMEN STERILIZED BY INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

18 JANUARY 22, 1973 ROE V. WADE DECISION BY SCOTUS

19 ,000 POOR WOMEN STERILIZED PER YEAR

20 1979 HYDE AMENDMENT WHICH PROHIBITS FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ABORTION PASSES

21 1993 WOMEN S INFECTIONS ADDED TO AIDS RELATED SYMPTOMS 12 YEARS AFTER FIRST REPORTS OF AIDS AND 16 YEARS AFTER FIRST WOMAN DIES OF AIDS Dr. Grethe Rask died of what was later concluded to be AIDS in 1977.

22 1994 AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN ACTIVISTS COIN THE TERM REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE. ALSO SAME YEAR, NATIONAL LATINA INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH FOUNDED.

23 1996 BILL CLINTON SIGNS WELFARE REFORM

24 1996 BILL CLINTON SIGNS DOMA

25 1996 NATIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN S FORUM (NAPAWF) FOUNDED

26 2000 SISTERSONG FOUNDED

27 2003 LAWRENCE V. TEXAS STRIKES DOWN SODOMY LAWS

28 2004 OVER A MILLION ATTEND THE MARCH FOR WOMEN S LIVES IN WASHINGTON DC

29 2010 AFFORDABLE CARE ACT PASSED

30 ROLLBACKS OF REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND HEALTH ACROSS THE STATES

32 DEFINITION Reproductive Justice is a social movement rooted in the belief that all individuals and communities should have the resources and power they need to make their own decisions about their bodies, genders, sexualities, families, and lives.

34 AND WHAT ABOUT THAT LEADERSHIP? 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Asian American Hispanic NHPI 40% 43% 46% American Indian/Alaskan Native 27% African American 15% Total Population 10% White 1%

35 ASIAN AMERICAN POPULATION DYNAMICS 17.3M 11.9M 7.3M 3.5M 255K 259K 878K 1.4M

36 ASIAN AMERICAN POPULATION PROJECTED GROWTH, Asian Am alone or in combination (millions) Census Bureau population projections and estimates as of July

37 RECENT MIGRATION TRENDS Africa Asia Europe Mexico & Central Am South America Caribbean Other Prior to to or later Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2011

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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION VOTING, BY RACE (EXIT POLL DATA, 1992-2012) Whites Blacks Latinos Asians 100 90

40 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION VOTING, BY RACE (EXIT POLL DATA, ) Whites Blacks Latinos Asians Percent Democratic Vote Share

41 PEOPLE OF COLOR IN CONGRESS ARE OVERWHELMINGLY PRO-CHOICE Congressional Black Caucus Congressional Hispanic Caucus Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Pro-Choice Mix-Choice Anti-Choice *does not include the non-voting caucus members from DC, Virgin Islands, Northern Marina Islands, Samoa, Guam Source: NARAL ProChoice America, October 2010

42 BUILDING THE POWER WE NEED TO RESIST, HEAL AND TRANSFORM

43 CHANGE AT ALL LEVELS INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONAL

The Asian American Electorate in California. Why pay attention?

The Asian American Electorate in California. Why pay attention? The American Electorate in California Karthick Ramakrishnan Professor and Associate Dean, School of Public Policy Director, NAASURVEY and AAPIDATA Why pay attention? 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% American Hispanic