reproductive health


A Ghanaian-American woman wearing a bright orange dress.
Added 07/07/22 | Location: Maryland | Subjects: ,

Dr. Rachel Bervell is a medical resident at John Hopkins University who focuses on health equity and reproductive health and justice. She co-founded The Black ObGyn Project, an organization for Black OB-GYN residents that focuses on anti-racism, equity and inclusion.

An Asian woman standing in front of a purple backdrop.
Added 06/30/22 | Location: Massachusetts | Subjects: ,

Payal Chakraborty is a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School’s Department of Population Medicine. She specializes in sexual and reproductive health.

A Puerto Rican woman wearing a black blazer and a violet blouse against a grey backdrop.
Updated 08/01/23 | Location: Massachusetts | Subjects: ,

Liza Fuentes is Director of Health Equity Research at Boston Medical Center. Fuentes’ studies focus on access to and the use of contraception, abortion, abortion restrictions, self-managed abortion, reproductive autonomy and clinical training in reproductive health.

Added 06/17/22 | Location: Colorado | Subjects: ,

Josie Rodriguez-Bouchier is a queer, non-binary, Latinx licensed acupuncturist and queer reproductive health and justice advocate. Since 2008, they have been helping folks with wombs to conceive with the help of traditional Chinese medicine.

A Black woman with a gold hoop nose ring and dark red lipstick stares directly at the camera, smiling. She has light brown curly hair in a bun and wears a black headband tied in a knot. She is wearing a dark red blouse that matches the lipstick color and large gold hoop earrings. She has one hand laid flat on her chest, showing her periwinkle blue nail polish.
Added 09/23/21 | Location: California | Subjects: ,

Khiara M. Bridges is a professor at University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and an anthropologist specializing in the intersectionality of race, class, reproductive justice and law. She studies how reproductive rights law and biomedical ethics reinforce racial inequalities in the United States.

Marsha Jones is a grassroots organizer and health educator, and the co-founder and executive director of The Afiya Center, a reproductive justice organization in North Texas founded and directed by Black women.

Updated 01/16/21 | Location: New York | Subjects: ,

Galina Espinoza is the president and editor in chief of Rewire.News, where she leads a team of editors and journalists reporting on reproductive and sexual health, rights and justice.