Maternal Mental Health not only encompasses access to perinatal mental health treatment, it includes the right of every person with a uterus to have access to reproductive rights. Without protecting access to education, contraception, and abortion, we CANNOT affect the devastating statistic that the US ranks below all developed nations in maternal mental healthcare. A nation who purports to be most powerful among all, is just a propaganda machine when it fails to care for the basic needs of ALL mothers and children- the leading cause of death for all women, within the first 12 months of giving birth, is by suicide, and overdose.
THANKYOU Breana Lipscomb for your work as a warrior, advocating for reproductive rights- BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS- your efforts reflect what is incumbent on our country to allow equitable healthcare to all of its citizens, and to turn the tide on the ravages of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders on women, their families and the Nation as a whole.
In the words of other social justice warriors, Sweet Honey & The Rock, “We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes.”
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This #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re highlighting the work of some outstanding Black leaders in the reproductive rights and justice movements, both within and beyond the Center. Our first feature goes to our very own Breana Lipscomb, acting lead of our US Human Rights team and a powerhouse advocacy strategist.
At the Center for Reproductive Rights, Breana uses a human rights framework to promote Black and Indigenous maternal health. She mobilizes a broad base of stakeholders—policymakers, reproductive justice advocates, and public health and medical professionals—to advance state and federal policies that further reproductive rights as human rights. Breana also serves on the Board of Directors for the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Inc. (BMMA) and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, and she was recognized as the inaugural Kira Johnson Advocate of the Year by March for Moms in 2020.
𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.” —Breana Lipscomb.
Thank you, Breana for the incredible work you do! We are so lucky to have you on our team.
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