[Marxism] National Advocates for Pregnant Women

["Tony Abdo" <gojack10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.advocatesforpregnantwomen.org/ This is a great group working to
stop legally forced C-sections and police/ medical system abuse of women
labelled 'crack baby' mothers. They are one of the organizers for Sunday's
DC Women's Rights demonstration.

NAPW has a vision of a world where women enjoy full personhood and where
neither pregnancy nor drug use serve as an excuse to dehumanize and punish
select groups of people. Our mission is to secure the human and civil
rights, health, and welfare of pregnant and parenting women while protecting
children from punitive and misguided state policies. We advocate on behalf
of all women, especially those who are most marginalized: women of color,
low-income women, and women who use drugs.

NAPW uses a variety of strategies, from litigation and public education to
organizing on the local and national level, to ensure that:

Women do not lose their constitutional and human rights as a result of
pregnancy

Pregnant and parenting women have access to a full range of reproductive
health services, as well as non-punitive drug treatment services

Children are not needlessly and traumatically separated from their families
on the basis of medical misinformation or prejudice

A woman's right to choose is not compromised or taken away altogether as a
result of legislative efforts or so-called "fetal rights"-based laws or
litigation

The war on drugs is not expanded under the guise of fetal rights, children
rights, or family protection

By focusing on the rights of pregnant women, including those who are
continuing their pregnancies to term, we are simultaneously expanding the
reproductive rights movement and promoting drug policy and criminal justice
reform. By identifying the common features of the war on reproductive
rights-including the right to safe, legal abortion-with the war on drugs and
the war on low-income people, we hope to foster collaboration and cohesion
for effective advocacy among a far-reaching coalition of social justice
organizations. By building on our shared interests we advance not only the
rights of women, but also the broader struggle to end discrimination and to
promote human rights and the public welfare.

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