First and foremost, follow In Our Own Voice on Twitter in order to stay up-to-date on their incredible work.

You can find In Our Own Voice’s issue brief, Maternal Health and Abortion Restrictions: How Lack of Access to Quality Care is Harming Black Women here.

Vote early and vote often. In Our Own Voice will be re-launching their I am a Voter campaign, which focuses on issue areas that deeply affect Black women at the federal and state level. Keep an eye out for this campaign!

You can also call your congressmen and women and your Senators and urge them to make the connection between maternal health and abortion access. You can ask if they support the EACH Woman Act, the Women’s Health Protection Act, the Maternal Care Act, the MOMMIES Act, and the MOMMAS Act. You can contact the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.

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