“Reproductive justice” has never been formally defined by the UN General Assembly. In 1994, a coalition of black feminists in the U.S. published a full-page ad calling for “reproductive justice” stating that its signatories will not endorse any health care reforms that exclude the provision of abortion and demanding that abortion be fully covered regardless of the woman’s ability to pay, “with no interference from the government.”
The “reproductive justice” movement in the U.S. arose in contrast to the “pro-choice” framework championed by mainly white feminists. Recently, it has been taken up by international pro-abortion groups, and by UNFPA as issues of racial inequality have dominated global headlines. Framing abortion as a racial justice issue has been taken up by the UN human rights system. Recently, the treaty body monitoring compliance with the UN’s convention against racial discrimination took the U.S. to task for its Supreme Court ruling overruling abortion as a national right, arguing that restrictions on abortion would disproportionately affect racial minorities.
[ODKAZ]
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