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This Reproductive Justice 101 interactive timeline - from 1654 onward - is a great tool for starting dialogues within organizations about the issue.

It includes excerpts from 'Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice' and examines how, starting within their communities, these womenÑLatina, African American, Native American, and Asian AmericanÑhave spearheaded the fight for jurisdiction over their own bodies and reproductive destinies. The authors address the wider needs of their communities, stressing the urgent need for innovative strategies that push beyond the traditional base and goals of the mainstream pro-choice movementÑstrategies that are broadly inclusive while being specifically effective.

Abstract: "An internationally agreed conceptual definition of reproductive health is applied to the development and testing of practical indicators for use in the community. Basic criteria are proposed for an interview-based tool to measure reproductive health Ñ as opposed to morbidity or mortality Ñ adapting methods from the health status measurement field. Proposed domains and indicators linked to the definition of reproductive health adopted at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) should be comparable across and within diverse populations.

This web page provides justification for the human right to reproductive health based on international agreements and treaties. It outlines excerpts from these treaties that are relevant to ensure reproductive rights.

"Reproductive rights activists in the United States underutilize the global human rights framework. This is largely because many are unfamiliar with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and international treaties that protect women's reproductive rights. Reproductive justice advocates should become familiar with the human rights obligations of the U.S. government... Eight Categories of Human Rights: Civil, Political, Economic, Social, Cultural, Environmental, Developmental and Sexual."