VITAL: Voices to Inspire
December 2022 - July 2025
Argentina ,Colombia ,Mexico ,United States of America (the)
Ipas-US
Jess Ogden
“Real justice isn’t handed down. It’s built together.”
VITAL seeks to co-create knowledge alongside abortion rights activists and advocates to inform and bolster the abortion rights movements in the Americas. Abortion rights activists and proponents wherever they may be physically located share common cause – to liberate abortion rights and create the conditions in which all people can thrive.
Our process aims to foster cross-regional and cross-context learnings for practical application. Data collection is underway to gain insights from activists, academics, legal experts, artivists and people in adjacent movements to understand factors that have contributed to changes in abortion rights policy and the impact of these changes. We will explore whether and how effective tactics and strategies developed in one cultural, political and geographic context can be adapted and applied elsewhere. Iterative and relational, our research approach will build our understanding by sharing back initial research findings with the abortion rights community to surface new ideas and co-create new approaches to advance rights throughout both regions and beyond.
Follow #AbortionIsVITAL and #ElAbortoEsVITAL for updates.
VITAL is a research initiative focused on understanding the factors driving changes in abortion rights policies in Latin America and the United States.
🗣 Here we share with you three powerful quotes that resonated in this inspiring conversation
🔗 Missed the webinar? Stay tuned
At the "Reproductive Justice w/o Borders: Many Voices, One Movement” webinar, leaders and activists came together to discuss VITAL’s cross-border research and conversation about abortion rights movements.
🗣 Here we share with you three powerful quotes that resonated in this inspiring conversation
🔗 Missed the webinar? Stay tuned
ICRW, Raven E. Freeborn, avowtexas, gmdd, Maria Elena Perez, Ipas, Lindsay Nelson, Repro Empowerment
🗣 Here we share with you three powerful quotes that resonated in this inspiring conversation
🔗 Missed the webinar? Stay tuned—formal research from the VITAL project will be published in future.
💪 These voices inspire us to continue fighting for our rights and to build a future where every woman can exercise her power and decide over her own body.
🗣 Here we share with you three powerful quotes that resonated in this inspiring conversation
🔗 Missed the webinar? Stay tuned—formal research from the VITAL project will be published in future.
Together we are stronger!
On June 26, we brought together movement leaders from across the Americas for a powerful conversation on what it takes to build Reproductive Justice Without Borders.
🔗 Missed the webinar? Stay tuned—formal research from the VITAL project will be published in future.
On June 26, we brought together movement leaders from across the Americas for a powerful conversation on what it takes to build Reproductive Justice Without Borders.
🔗 Missed the webinar? Stay tuned—formal research from the VITAL project will be published in future.
On June 26, we brought together movement leaders from across the Americas for a powerful conversation on what it takes to build Reproductive Justice Without Borders.
🔗 Missed the webinar? Stay tuned—formal research from the VITAL project will be published in future.
On June 26, we brought together movement leaders from across the Americas for a powerful conversation on what it takes to build Reproductive Justice Without Borders.
🔗 Missed the webinar? Stay tuned—formal research from the VITAL project will be published in future.
On June 26, we brought together movement leaders from across the Americas for a powerful conversation on what it takes to build Reproductive Justice Without Borders.
🔗 Missed the webinar? Stay tuned—formal research from the VITAL project will be published in future.
🚨 Just days away! 🚨
Join us for our upcoming webinar: Reproductive Justice Without Borders: Many Voices, One Movement
🗓️ Thursday, June 26
🕛 12:00–1:15 PM ET
📍 Zoom
🎧 English & Spanish interpretation provided
🚨 Just days away! 🚨
Join us for our upcoming webinar: Reproductive Justice Without Borders: Many Voices, One Movement
Please share with your networks—we’d love to see you there!
Este 26 de junio tendremos nuestro webinar "Justicia Reproductiva sin Fronteras"
Contaremos con interpretación simultánea en inglés y español.
La cita es a las 12 PM ET. ¡Prepárense para una conversación importante!
Más adelante les daremos más detalles. ¿Están listos?
This June 26th we will have our webinar "Reproductive Justice without Borders"
We will have simultaneous interpretation in English and Spanish.
The appointment is at 12 PM ET. Get ready for an important conversation!
We'll give you more details later - are you ready
Webinar:
Justicia Reproductiva sin Fronteras
Reproductive justice without Borders
Alejandra Cardenas (ella)
miembra de grupo asesor técnico de VITAL
es abogada colombiana con más de 20 años en derecho internacional, derechos humanos y justicia reproductiva. Dirige Estrategias Legales, Innovación e Investigación en el Centro por los Derechos Reproductivos. Fue directora regional para América Latina y África Oriental en Women’s Link Worldwide y experta en derechos humanos en la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. Tiene título en Derecho de la Universidad Externado de Colombia y una maestría de Harvard. Es autora publicada y conferencista invitada internacional en derechos humanos.
🌈 El Orgullo es Justicia Reproductiva.
📣 La justicia reproductiva debe incluir a las personas trans y queer—o no es justicia.
🌈 El Orgullo es Justicia Reproductiva.
📣 La justicia reproductiva debe incluir a las personas trans y queer—o no es justicia.
A lo largo de las Américas, activistas LGBTQ+ están transformando la lucha por la libertad reproductiva—aportando alegría, creatividad y comunidad a un espacio que con demasiada frecuencia ha sido excluyente.
🌈 El Orgullo es Justicia Reproductiva.
📣 La justicia reproductiva debe incluir a las personas trans y queer—o no es justicia.
Desde zines hechos a mano en Texas hasta defensa de políticas en California, las historias que emergen del proyecto de investigación VITAL de ICRW dejan algo claro: 📣 La justicia reproductiva debe incluir a las personas trans y queer—o no es justicia.
🌈 El Orgullo es Justicia Reproductiva.
📣 La justicia reproductiva debe incluir a las personas trans y queer—o no es justicia.
En palabras de una activista:
“Organizamos un evento de creación de zines con nuestro Centro de Recursos LGBTQ+. Personas de todas las edades vinieron a crear sus propios zines, aprender sobre la historia de la justicia reproductiva y celebrar el Mes del Orgullo juntas. Fue uno de mis momentos más orgullosos en este movimiento.”
🌈 El Orgullo es Justicia Reproductiva.
📣 La justicia reproductiva debe incluir a las personas trans y queer—o no es justicia.
Otra compartió:
“Las mujeres trans y las comunidades LGBTQ+ a menudo son olvidadas. Nuestras integrantes están dando un paso adelante para garantizar que la justicia reproductiva nos incluya a todes—porque así debe ser.”
🌈 El Orgullo es Justicia Reproductiva.
📣 La justicia reproductiva debe incluir a las personas trans y queer—o no es justicia.
Este Mes del Orgullo, honramos a quienes construyen comunidad y poder desde la intersección del activismo queer y la justicia reproductiva.
🌈 El Orgullo es Justicia Reproductiva.
📣 La justicia reproductiva debe incluir a las personas trans y queer—o no es justicia.
✊🏽🧡 Por un movimiento donde todes tengan un lugar.
Across the Americas, reproductive justice movements are built not just through protests or policy win
but through the everyday, behind-the-scenes labor of organizers, researchers, and communities working across borders.
In Latin America, this work is rooted in decades of transnational feminist dialogue. VITAL is documenting those strategies—so that we can learn from each other, strengthen our movements, and build justice that lasts.
🌈 Pride is Reproductive Justice.
📣 Reproductive justice must include queer and trans people—or it isn’t justice at all.
🌈 Pride is Reproductive Justice.
📣 Reproductive justice must include queer and trans people—or it isn’t justice at all.
Across the Americas, LGBTQ+ activists are transforming how we fight for reproductive freedom—bringing joy, creativity, and community into a space too often defined by exclusion.
🌈 Pride is Reproductive Justice.
From DIY zines in Texas to policy advocacy in California, the stories emerging from ICRW’s VITAL research make one thing clear:
📣 Reproductive justice must include queer and trans people—or it isn’t justice at all.
🌈 Pride is Reproductive Justice.
📣 Reproductive justice must include queer and trans people—or it isn’t justice at all.
In the words of one activist:
"We hosted a zine event with our LGBTQ+ Resource Center... people of all ages came to make their own zines, learn about reproductive justice history, and honor Pride Month together. It was my proudest moment in this movement."
🌈 Pride is Reproductive Justice.
📣 Reproductive justice must include queer and trans people—or it isn’t justice at all.
And another shared:
"Trans women and LGBTQ+ folks are too often left behind. Our members are stepping up to make sure reproductive justice includes everyone—because it has to."
🌈 Pride is Reproductive Justice.
📣 Reproductive justice must include queer and trans people—or it isn’t justice at all.
This Pride Month, we honor the grassroots organizers and community builders who are weaving together reproductive justice and queer liberation.
🌈 Pride is Reproductive Justice.
📣 Reproductive justice must include queer and trans people—or it isn’t justice at all.
✊🏽🧡 Let’s build a movement where everyone belongs.
Gracias al conservadurismo social y religioso
👉 Dr. Doug Laube (él)
El Dr. Doug Laube recibió su título de médico de la Universidad de Iowa, donde también completó su residencia en obstetricia y ginecología en 1974.
Más recientemente, ha trabajado como proveedor de abortos para Planned Parenthood de Wisconsin y actualmente está ayudando en el desarrollo de una nueva clínica de planificación familiar/abortos en Rockford, Illinois, como una medida preventiva contra la posibilidad de más restricciones al aborto en su estado natal, Wisconsin.
Thanks to social and religious conservatism
👉 Dr. Doug Laube (hi/hem)
Dr Doug earned his medical degree from the University of Iowa, where he also completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology in 1974.
More recently, he has worked as an abortion provider for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and is currently helping to develop a new family planning/abortion clinic in Rockford, Illinois, as a preventive measure against the potential for further abortion restrictions in his home state of Wisconsin.
The Global Impact of the Dobbs Decision
Sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice (SRHRJ) are under threat worldwide
because of the actions and influence of several interconnected, strategic, and well-funded anti-rights movements.
because of the actions and influence of several interconnected, strategic, and well-funded anti-rights movements.
Fòs Feminista co-developed this study with partners
to analyse the influence of these anti-rights networks in the aftermath of the Dobbs decision in Colombia, India, Kenya, and Nigeria.
It found that the impact of anti rights actors and networks varied across the four countries
and was growing, even in countries with relatively progressive SRHRJ trends.
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
The power of communities
Community is essential for survival
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
The power of communities
Community is essential for survival
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
The power of communities
Community is essential for survival
Midwives are key part of the reproductive care landscape
including abortion and post abortion care
🙌🏼The essential role of midwives in reproductive care.
Midwives are key part of the reproductive care landscape
including abortion and post abortion care
🌎By integrating midwives into the abortion care framework, we can improve access to safe abortion services in underserved regions, and overcome barriers related to physician availability and geographic location.
VITAL aims to create a platform for ongoing dialogue and collaboration for reproductive justice across the Americas
New blog alert!
In EN and ESP
Learn more about VITAL and read all about the panel with @orientame, @feministcenter, and @fosfeminista at Her Power
What an amazing panel!
VITAL seeks to provide advocates and activists evidence-informed strategies that can advance the abortion rights movement
World Health Day
Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures
Let's celebrate International Health Day! This year, the theme "Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures" invites us to reflect on the importance of building a healthy future from the earliest moments of life.
Investing in the health of new generations not only improves their well-being, but also lays the foundation for stronger, more resilient communities.
Today, let's commit to creating an environment where every child can grow up healthy, happy and wanted. Together, we can ensure that every beginning is an opportunity for a future filled with hope.
The story behing
International Transgender Day of Visibility
International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) is observed annually on March 31st to celebrate the lives and contributions of transgender and non-binary individuals while raising awareness about the discrimination they face.
The day was first celebrated in 2009, thanks to the efforts of transgender activist Rachel Crandall-Crocker, who sought to create a day that focused on the positive aspects of being transgender, rather than just the struggles.
TDOV serves as a reminder of the resilience and strength of the transgender community and aims to highlight the importance of visibility in combating stigma and fostering acceptance. It encourages allies to support transgender individuals and advocates for their rights, emphasizing that visibility can lead to greater understanding and inclusivity.
As we observe this important day, let us honor the achievements of transgender people, recognize the challenges they still face, and commit ourselves to creating a more equitable world for all.
We join the world campain!
Global Day to Destigmatize Abortions
This #March28, we join a global campaign launching a day to #DestigmatizeAbortions. Together, we are building a world where everyone is free to access their fundamental right to abortion healthcare with love, care, and support.
Abortions are a normal part of reproductive journeys! Join activists worldwide in launching the Global Day to Destigmatize Abortions. Together, we are building a world where everyone is free to access their fundamental right to abortion care with love, care, and support.
30th Anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
Here is more about it!
The world cannot wait another 30 years to make gender equality a reality.
Today we are stronger, more diverse, more united and determined to be the generation that achieves gender equality.
On the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, join UN Women's global campaign
Today we are stronger!
What keeps you motivated in the fight for Reproductive Justice?
Speaking with Laura Gutierréz
What keeps you motivated in the fight for reproductive justice?
Laura Gutierrez (she/her) is a dedicated lawyer with over five years of experience in the implementation and management of projects related to sexual and reproductive rights and gender-based violence. Here are 3 powerful reasons for all of us to feel motivated to keep on fighting
Here are 3 powerful reasons for all of us to feel motivated to keep on fighting
Everyone has the right to choose!