“You work with people who have HIV? Why?”  That was the question asked to Dr. Gregory Boyce by the young intern that stood before him. He had come to the hospital ward to visit a client who was known to be living with HIV. He approached the intern at the desk and gave his name and designation. The intern looked at him, confused and somewhat amused and asked the question that he has neither forgotten, nor understood to this day.  However, this young intern’s question comes from a mindset that Dr. Boyce is working fervently to change. As Deputy Director of the Medical Research Foundation of Trinidad and Tobago (MRF), Dr. Boyce provides clinical as well as administrative support to a team of doctors and nurses whose daily vocation is to persons living with HIV. Due to MRF’s long-standing work in HIV research and healthcare, the Family Planning Association of Trinidad and Tobago (FPATT), has navigated many of its clients to Dr. Boyce and his team, especially clients from the LGBTQI community.  “Persons coming to us from key populations, have very layered needs. They are facing unique challenges in addition to living with the virus. There is still that myth that being HIV positive means that you will positively die. Added to that, there’s the discrimination that the community faces in every aspect of their lives on a daily basis. As a staff, we’ve had to seek special training to guide the way we interact with these clients so that we can meet all their needs appropriately and sensitively,” explains Dr. Boyce.  He continued “Apart from medical interventions which are needed to ensure that our clients continue to live healthy lives, we focus heavily on their psychosocial needs. It’s easy to think that because a client is physically healthy that they are also emotionally healthy. We have clients that won’t leave abusive relationships because they think no one else would accept them. We have other clients that are dealing with long-term medication fatigue because they have been taking pills for over 10 years. With that sometimes comes depression and other drug addictions, which is why it’s necessary for us to maintain open and honest relationships to address those accompanying issues.” Making HIV a non-issue Having worked with persons living with HIV for over 20 years, Dr. Boyce remembers the early days that led him to this specialization. He had worked at the Port of Spain General Hospital after graduating, during which time, medicine for persons living with HIV was expensive and out of reach for many. A few years later, through government programmes, medicine became more affordable, and treatment centers were opening up across the island. However, Dr. Boyce realized that the mortality rate had not changed by much. He wondered why people were still dying from a virus when medicine was easily accessible. That was when he decided to follow his heart and commit to helping persons with HIV understand that there is hope.  “That first conversation – giving a client the news that they’ve tested positive – is very important. We get to show them that HIV is not an impediment. Most times, with the wrong information, they start to draw up a list of things that they can no longer do, like go after a promotion or start a family. Then they go through life shrunken and unrecognizable, not the person they once were. So to answer that intern’s question about why I work with persons living with HIV: I want to make HIV a non-issue,” he states.   Dr. Boyce hopes to see HIV disclosure become as acceptable as other chronic illnesses such as cancer or diabetes, where an entire family would work towards caring for the affected person, instead of alienating them. He also hopes to see more inclusion and tolerance towards persons living with HIV, especially those within the LGBTQI community.  “Until a gay or transgender person can walk the streets freely and not be jeered at by passers-by, we still have a long way to go. Until they can access treatment at any public facility without fear or judgment, we have a lot of work to do. It would take a lot of education to change the stigma and discrimination but there is absolutely no reason why another person’s life should be miserable because their expression is different to ours,” he commented.  He commends the work of FPATT in upholding the sexual and reproductive health rights of the LGBTQI community, through ensuring that they have a safe and non-judgmental environment for HIV and other STI tests. He says that the Medical Research Foundation values the great relationship that the two organizations have had for years, even as FPATT works towards becoming its own full-service antiretroviral treatment site for persons living with HIV.  

Never did she think that a job as Clinic Administrator would lead to a career that would change so many lives, but in 2007, Angelie Chotalal embarked on a path that would also change her life for good. Working at the Family Planning Association of Trinidad and Tobago (FPATT) in her late thirties, Angelie found joy in handling the administrative needs of the clinic, ensuring that the doctors and staff had all the resources to function at full capacity. She held that position for 3 years until she transferred into the vocation of Sessional Nurse, caring for the clients and clinic in a more hands-on role.  For the next 8 years, Angelie would devote her energy into education, becoming a Health and Family Life Education Master Trainer, as well as a Master Trainer in HIV Testing.  It was during this time that she also improved her bilingual skills; a decision that would prepare her for great success in the coming years.  “Hola! Como estás? Te ves bien,” she says as she greets a Venezuelan woman in the waiting area of the clinic. Her compassion is soothing and her smile is contagious. In her current role as Clinic Co-ordinator, Angelie has found herself having to be creative, innovative and still down-to-earth in the planning and execution of programmes for FPATT’s 4 static clinics across the country. The young migrant mothers of the clinic have come to know her as a matriarch, as she frequents the clinic floor always ready to attend to a new concern. “What makes them less than human?” Fleeing political oppression, lack of food and medicine and the downfall of the Venezuelan economy, over 40,000 Venezuelans have migrated to Trinidad to seek safer livelihoods. Many of them work to send most of their income home for the families they had to leave behind. “This here is my heartbeat. The work we do with the migrant community is dear to me because when I hear their stories, I know that there is so much more to be done. They are part of a population that has not received equal treatment. They’ve been put into a situation that they couldn’t expect and their only hope was to flee to this country where basic human rights are being withheld from them. What makes them less than human?” she asks, her visage pained with concern. Despite the influx of Venezuelans, Trinidad and Tobago’s migration policy has offered refugees very little access to healthcare and social services. However, FPATT’s mandate is to ensure that every person living within the borders of Trinidad and Tobago receive equal access to Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (SRH) and Angelie’s personal mission is to ensure that they receive the best treatment when they come to her clinic.  “In 2018, we started offering healthcare specifically for the migrants. We had to ensure that our staff were compatible with our vision, and it was more than being bilingual; we each had to be genuinely empathetic toward the community we were seeking to serve. We worked to remove bias, xenophobia and other ill perceptions from even our own lives,” she noted. “The community is so close knit, that word of our services spread quickly and very soon our clinic for migrants was up and running. They would come in and see that it was a safe space to share their experiences and we took the time to listen, because they wouldn’t get this safety anywhere else.”  Before the FPATT clinic, migrants who needed SRH healthcare have had to book appointments with private doctors who often charge more than the migrants can afford.  “They work 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, get enough income to take care of their families here and those they’ve left behind. We’ve visited homes that house up to 10 migrant families, but it’s merely a shack with no running water or space to sleep. And then COVID hit,” she pauses pensively. “Incomes disappeared and so did options for housing; many of them were left homeless, so women who were already vulnerable were now being exploited. Imagine, your landlord asks you to pay for your rent with sex and a month later, brings his friends to cash in on the same favour, all because he knows you have nowhere else to live.”  Taking SRH Services online FPATT has offered all their regular healthcare services including gender-based violence counselling, birth control and emergency contraception to the migrant community. When Trinidad and Tobago entered a lockdown due to COVID protocols in 2020, FPATT approached the United Nations Population Fund for sponsorship to launch TeleHealth, an online medical consultation programme specifically for the migrant community. Through TeleHealth, clients are able to book 30-minute consultations with a clinical doctor and have their concerns addressed, ailments diagnosed and medicine prescribed, over WhatsApp video call.   In January 2021, FPATT also hosted a webinar series patterned after IPPF’s One Curriculum but tailored to the needs of the migrant community. The series featured FPATT’s team of clinical staff as well as experts in the fields of nutrition, self-defence and gender-based violence. “The response to both programmes is tremendous. The online access works well for our clients and we have developed such close relationships with them that we would love to expand our healthcare, but funding is often our major issue. We need sponsors to come on board, see how the programmes impact the people and help us continue to serve,” she states.  Ms. Chotalal looks forward to working with the Family Planning Association and helping communities that need their services the most.

Two clients of sexual and reproductive health counseling services agree that trust is one of the most valued aspects. Danitza Gonzales, the 28-year-old personal trainer, came to Inppares on the recommendation of a friend: “I felt great with the counseling. The same doctor gave me all the confidence to be able to tell her my issues and my doubts that are still taboo, she knew how to guide me”. Kiamara Meneses, 25, a sociologist, says that she found out about the institution through Facebook and when she arrived at counseling with her partner she felt confident: “We liked the way the explanation was provided and it was all very clear, so we kept coming back all of 2019, until 2020, because I was considering having a subdermal implant and I came to consult”, she commented. “What I liked the most about the counseling service was that there was no such luck of judging people, which had happened to me in other health facilities, where if I asked for a longer-lasting method, such as an implant or an IUD They put limitations on having children before or things like that. Here I understood that there are no restrictions to use a particular method and that seemed super important to me”, adds Kiamara. Among other aspects that the users highlight is the accessible price and the central location. “The cost seemed adequate to me, in addition to the treatment they gave me. So I stayed. When someone asks me where to go to seek contraceptive counseling or advice, I share the experience I have had, in addition to the fact that the place is very central and the price is very convenient,”says Danitza. “What I mainly like are the services Inppares has, in addition to counseling, the ease of accessing the methods, because they always have campaigns and also the HIV test; in addition to the Future Youth Center; so, it is a fairly comprehensive place and I would definitely recommend it. It contributes a lot to the lives of young people because information empowers. Young women can have a differentiated service that meets their needs, empowers them to make informed decisions about their bodies”, concludes Kiamara.  Danitza agrees that “Services like these have a great impact on the lives of women and men in order to make informed and responsible decisions; they should promote them more in schools and universities”.

IPPF is pleased to announce the appointment of Eugenia Lopez Uribe as Regional Director and Dona Da Costa Martinez as Deputy Regional Director of the Americas and Caribbean. They will be based in the Americas and the Caribbean Regional office (ACRO), based in Bogota, Colombia and Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, respectively.  IPPF would like to thank partner organizations for their continuous support during the transition phase, as well as to the IPPF transition team led by Anamaria Bejar who will return to her position as IPPF Global Director of Advocacy. Eugenia López Uribe – IPPF ACRO Regional Director Eugenia is an experienced advocate for gender equality and sexual and reproductive rights, promoting innovation in the delivery of health services from a human rights perspective. She began her professional career as a volunteer with the Gente Joven (Young people) Programme of MEXFAM, IPPF's Mexican member association.  She has worked with rural and indigenous people, adolescents, youth, LGBTQI+ populations, sex workers and women with HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean. For more than a decade she was the executive director of Balance, a sexual and reproductive rights NGO working on regional advocacy in favour of sexual rights. Internationally, Eugenia has engaged on the follow-up of the commitments of International Conference of Population and Development (ICPD), the Beijing Conference on Women’s Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women - CEDAW and UN General Assembly on AIDS.  She co-founded the Abortion Fund for Social Justice: MARIA, the first initiative of its kind in Latin America. Her experience includes ten years as part of the management team of the Integrated Model of Health Care for Rural Adolescents of the Mexican Social Security Institute - IMMS Oportunidades. Eugenia will be based in Bogotá - Colombia.  Dona Da Costa Martinez – IPPF ACRO Deputy Regional Director Dona began her work in sexual and reproductive health, thirty-five years ago, when she joined the Family Planning Association of Trinidad and Tobago – FPATT in 1985.   In her formative years in the Association, she was responsible for research, planning and evaluation and the development of programmes to ensure the achievement of the Association’s mission.  From 1990 she served as the Deputy Executive Director of the Association before taking on the mantle of Executive Director in 1999.   Under her stewardship, the Association expanded its work in many other areas with a focus on integrating sexual rights in all of its programmes.  This included expansion of its advocacy work in abortion and LGBTQI rights, comprehensive sexuality education, gender-based violence, HIV prevention and ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health services to most at risk populations including sex workers and adolescents.   She serves as Co-Chair of the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC), is the Chairperson of the Trinidad and Tobago Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance and serves on several other committees at the national, regional and international levels.   Dona is the holder of an Executive Master’s in Business Administration from the Institute of Business, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. Dona will be based in Port of Spain.  Under new leadership, IPPF ACRO will continue to provide support and strengthen our Member Associations in the Americas and the Caribbean to ensure they can deliver quality sexual and reproductive healthcare to those in need - no matter what.

Accessibility to information and contraceptives has always been a priority for Famia Planea Aruba (FPA), whether through the office, delivery service, or in schools.  For over fifteen years FPA has worked in partnership with one of the largest secondary schools on the island. The FPA team visits the school on a monthly basis to provide guidance, counseling, and contraceptive care to students and to help ensure they stay in school to complete their education.  “One of my first experiences providing comprehensive sex education, with FPA was at the EPB School during my education as a social worker, many years later I still very much enjoy this”, says Richenella, FPA’s Finance and IEC support staff. FPA’s client is at the heart of its healthcare provision. FPA staff work with students to build trust and ensure they feel safe to talk openly. This helps to provide a sense of consistency for the student, as well as efficiency for the team being familiar with specific students and cases. They are better able to notice if something changes, and if a student needs a referral to a medical doctor or other organization for additional treatment. “The consultations are always fun; you get a change of scenery by stepping out of the office. Over the years you see so many faces and still, somehow you manage to remember most of them. After just a few visits you can start to build a profile of most students, you can start to tell who the class clown is, the Mister Popular, the shy one, the loud one, and the one who just wants to take his time to avoid going back to class”, Richenella laughs.  

  Famia Planea Aruba (FPA) places great value on the relationship they have with Adriana, the social worker at EPB San Nicolas School. Adriana is the person who has the most contact with the students, and the one most students turn to when they need help.  “I’ve been the Social Worker at EPB San Nicolas for about fourteen years and have been working with FPA throughout my entire career here. It has always been a pleasure to work with them, they are very accommodating to whatever project we have going on. Each year we have an educational carousel for the first-year students, and we have always been able to count on FPA to provide information to our students. The Comprehensive Sexuality Education program is always fun, informative, and evolving. I, as well as other colleagues, try to catch at least one CSE session each year to see what innovative way the information is presented.” EPB is a secondary vocational school that educates young people from 12 to 18 years. Over the years it has developed a reputation for having challenging students. Adriana knows the students better than most of the teaching staff and is a firm advocate for the continuation of the on-the-spot-consultations, having seen the consequences when this type of care is not offered.  For registered youth under 21 years, the costs of healthcare provision are covered by the national health insurance, however, some students fall outside of the system. “Most of the times you get to have fun with the students, however, every now and then you will come across a heartbreaking case. Since Aruba has so many different migrants, very often you will come across one person who is not insured at the moment, who needs products and can’t afford it and you figure out a way to help”, Adriana says. “For our second, third- and fourth-year students FPA has been collaborating with us to provide a monthly session where the students receive contraceptives and guidance on school grounds. Since around this age, most of our students are already sexually active, we try to help them stay safe in and out of school. The consultations hours have become so popular over the years that as soon as the students see an FPA team member, they immediately assume that they are here to provide them with contraceptives and guidance, even if they are here for some completely different reason that day”, she comments. “The love, patience, and dedication that FPA has shown our students over the years are outstanding. At the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis we had to stop the consultation hours, but thankfully we are now back at it, bigger and better. Due to the collaboration with FPA, we were able to finish out our 2018-2019 school year with no new pregnancies, which was a first for our school. We hope to accomplish this again, now that we can continue our consultations, and keep our kids educated and in school, for as long as we can so they can achieve the best possible future”, Adriana concludes.  

Youth engagement has been at the core of IPPF and, since the 1990s, has been recognized as a fundamental element of governance. In 1998, young people created a Youth Manifesto, which was updated in 2008 as a call to action to improve SRHR services, education, and leadership. Ever since, Youth in the Federation have taken a frontline role in addressing the gaps and creating a transformative path for SRHR. In 2024, the ACRO Youth Network continued to articulate across borders to deliver on IPPF's 2028 Strategy. This document outlines the accountability of the IPPF ACRO Youth Network for the year 2024. It is intended to be shared with youth networks across the Membership, Collaborative Partners, and allied organizations of the Federation in the Americas and the Caribbean. More than 25 youth volunteers have worked this year to achieve the proposed goals for advancing sexual and reproductive rights in the region and amplifying their voices in advocacy spaces. This report also brings together both youth and adult perspectives on IPPF’s work with the Youth Network.

8 April 2025 – A new global survey of partners conducted by the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) has revealed the widespread impact of the Trump Administration’s funding cuts, putting essential sexual and reproductive healthcare at risk for millions worldwide.  From the responses received, the findings show:  72 Member Associations and Collaborative Partners (62%) currently receive funding from one of the affected sources. Of those that receive core funding from IPPF, over half (57%) are facing funding cuts. This indicates that a significant majority of IPPF’s partners are facing disruptions, impacting access to essential sexual and reproductive health services worldwide.  156 critical healthcare projects are either already terminated or at risk.  At least $85.2 million in funding is directly affected or already cut.  1,737 staff members across affected organisations could lose their jobs or already have.  3,961 service delivery points, including clinics and mobile units, are at risk of closure or have already closed. 8.5 million people could lose access to lifesaving SRH services.  These funding cuts are expected to have severe consequences on people’s lives for the communities we serve. If all funding at risk is indeed cut, IPPF estimates this will result in an additional 3,844 maternal deaths, over 3 million unintended pregnancies, and 756,010 unsafe abortions. These impacts will also place a heavy financial burden on national health systems.  The impact of the Trump Administration’s actions is particularly severe in Africa and South Asia, where many IPPF Member Associations depend on international funding to provide contraception, maternal healthcare, and HIV prevention services.   In Venezuela, U.S. funding cuts are projected to slash up to 30% of the Member Association’s 2025 annual budget, with an estimated $229,650 in lost project funding. These cuts will affect 10% of the sexual and reproductive health services provided by the IPPF Member, placing 30% of its staff at risk. Approximately 2,500 clients stand to lose access to care—an alarming number, especially as the organization is among the few still offering services for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, particularly migrating women and girls.   In St. Vincent and the Grenadines, an estimated $10,000 in lost project funding will impact 90% of SVPPA’s sexual and reproductive health services. The organization is facing the potential loss of its entire staff, threatening its ability to operate. With 8 service delivery points at risk, these cuts could eliminate access to vital care, particularly for young people, in one of the country’s few youth-friendly providers.  In the United States, independent reports outside of this survey indicate that the Trump Administration intends to freeze funding for affordable contraception and reproductive health care for low-income individuals who rely on Planned Parenthood health centers.  To address the immediate crisis, IPPF has launched a Harm Mitigation Task Force to assess the evolving situation and provide emergency funding to its most affected Member Associations and Collaborative Partners. The first round of grants will be issued in April 2025, in an effort to ensure that critical healthcare services and access to life saving health commodities can continue.  “We will not allow political decisions to determine who can and cannot access healthcare,” said Dr. Alvaro Bermejo, Director-General of IPPF. “At IPPF, we are doubling down. We are a resilient Federation with a long history of overcoming challenges. Our focus now is on mitigating harm, mobilising new resources, and ensuring that people who rely on us for care are not left behind.”    For media inquiries, please contact: [email protected]   To support our Emergency Fund for IPPF Member Associations and Collaborative Partners most impacted by the funding cuts, click here.     NOTES  In February 2025, IPPF launched a survey to hear from its Member Associations and Collaborative Partners about the impact of the actions of the Trump administration.  We asked them about programmes cancelled both from direct US sourced funds and indirectly through other impacted sources as well as the effect this would have on their staff, service delivery points, clients served, and SRH commodities.    The survey was completed by 117 of IPPF’s 158 Member Associations and Collaborative Partners.  IPPF will do a follow-up survey in mid-2025 to assess ongoing impacts, acknowledging that the situation is changing rapidly.  Through the survey process, the value reported by MAs and CPs of their current funding affected is at least $48.8 million. This includes funding already lost or funding at risk across affected sources. There is a further $20.9 million in 44 pending proposals that now won’t come to fruition. Additionally, the IPPF Secretariat stands to lose $15.5 million in contracted work. Altogether, IPPF’s total estimated funding affected is $85.2 million. 

Haz click aquí para leer este artículo en español.   The relationship between sexual and reproductive health, care burdens, and gender-based violence forms a structural system that perpetuates inequality and limits women's autonomy in Venezuela. The denial of essential rights, the unequal distribution of care responsibilities, and economic dependence create a fertile ground for violence, preventing women from leaving abusive relationships and limiting their ability to make decisions about their health and lives.  A study by the Venezuelan Association for Alternative Sexual Education (AVESA) reveals alarming data on the connection between access to sexual and reproductive health services and gender-based violence. Among women who have survived violence, 61% have little to no access to sexual and reproductive health services, compared to 43% of women who have not experienced violence. Additionally, 80% of women attend a gynecological consultation only once a year or never, despite 7 out of 10 having faced some gynecological condition. A striking 57% of pregnancies were unplanned, limiting reproductive autonomy and increasing women's dependence on their partners. Moreover, 32% of sexually active women do not use contraceptive methods, even though 87% of them do not wish to have children. In states like Lara, unmet contraceptive needs reach as high as 46%.  The lack of access to sexual and reproductive health services not only restricts women’s ability to exercise control over their bodies and lives but also exposes them to a greater risk of gender-based violence. While 58% of women have suffered some form of gender-based violence, 79% of them do not recognize themselves as survivors, highlighting the normalization of violence in society. Access to sexual and reproductive health information and services is, therefore, a crucial tool for preventing violence and strengthening women's autonomy.  However, the burden of unpaid care work reinforces these patterns of inequality and violence. AVESA’s research in vulnerable communities in Táchira and Zulia shows that women spend between 14 and 16 hours a day on unpaid care tasks, including house cleaning, food preparation, childcare, and caring for sick or elderly family members. Furthermore, 75% of these women also work outside the home, extending their daily workload to 18 hours or more. Economic dependence is also a key factor: 68.5% of married or cohabiting women depend financially on their male partners, while 10% of divorced women still rely on their ex-partners for financial support. This overwhelming burden not only limits women's time and energy to seek help or generate their own income but also reduces their ability to leave violent relationships.  The intersection of health, care, and violence creates a vicious cycle that is difficult to break. Women with less access to gynecological and contraceptive services are 22% more likely to experience gender-based violence. However, those who participate in care-sharing programs and have greater access to comprehensive sexual education report 17% fewer cases of violence in their lives. In communities where care redistribution programs have been implemented, women report significant improvements in their quality of life: more time for self-care, greater participation in economic activities, reduced stress and fatigue, and increased ability to recognize and respond to violence.  To address this issue comprehensively, concrete measures must be implemented to ensure access to sexual and reproductive health services and promote the redistribution of care work. Expanding access to contraception, family planning, and gynecological care is urgent, as is implementing comprehensive sexual education programs in schools and communities. Additionally, public policies that promote shared caregiving responsibilities must be established so that domestic and dependent care work does not fall exclusively on women. Gender-based violence will not be solved solely through protection measures and support for survivors; a structural transformation is essential to guarantee women autonomy over their health, time, and economic security.   

Haz click aquí para leer este artículo en español.   On March 28, we celebrate the Global Day of Action to Destigmatize Abortion, an initiative promoted alongside Inroads and co-organized by dozens of organizations worldwide, including IPPF. On this day, we come together to highlight the importance of normalizing abortion as a common event in the reproductive lives of women, girls, and other people who can become pregnant. Today, we take this opportunity to remind the world that the Green Wave and the fight for abortion access are not just about making abortion legal—they are about ensuring it is accessible and free from stigma. To achieve this, it is essential to approach abortion through the framework of Reproductive Justice.  Reproductive Justice is a term coined by Black, Indigenous, Latina, and trans women’s collectives on the eve of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo. They sought to recognize that the white, middle-class women leading the women's rights movement were not adequately representing or advocating for the needs of women of color and other historically marginalized communities.  Thanks to the work of these women, Reproductive Justice has been defined as the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, to have children, to not have children, and to raise the children we do have in safe and sustainable communities.    What Does Reproductive Justice Have to Do with Stigma-Free Abortion?  In short: everything.  Reproductive Justice provides a framework for shaping our movement’s demands, such as access to safe abortion, in a way that acknowledges the structural, social, and economic barriers that prevent women and girls from making the decisions they want for their lives.  The stigma surrounding abortion reinforces structural inequalities and limits the autonomy of those who need this service. Reproductive Justice offers us a lens to understand that abortion is not just an individual decision but a matter of social justice. Destigmatizing abortion means:  Removing economic and geographic barriers to ensure real access to abortion services.  Promoting narratives that present abortion as a common experience rather than something exceptional or shameful.  Recognizing intersectionality by understanding how racism, poverty, and other forms of oppression impact access to abortion and other reproductive rights.  Driving structural and cultural changes that guarantee all people the ability to make decisions about their bodies without fear or discrimination.  This March 28, we are not just talking about abortion—we are talking about rights, equity, and justice. Because only through Reproductive Justice can we ensure that all people can fully exercise their autonomy and well-being.