{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Reproductive Justice is Disability Justice","description":"July marks the thirty-second anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, as it\u2019s better known\u2014the landmark civil rights law that promised equal opportunity and economic security for Americans with disabilities. As we\u2019ve talked about a lot on this show over the years, as important as it is to celebrate how far we\u2019ve come in the decades since the ADA became part of the fabric of American life, every time we hit the month of July, it\u2019s even more important to acknowledge how far will still have to go to achieve the as-yet unfulfilled promises of the ADA.  And that\u2019s why this July, Off-Kilter is once again spending all month long having conversations with leaders from across the disability community. (Catch up with Part One and Part Two in our #ADA2022 series.) To continue that series of conversations, as we all grapple with the road ahead in a post-Roe v. Wade world, this week, Off-Kilter dives into the intersection of reproductive justice and disability justice\u2014and the impact of the Supreme Court\u2019s recent Dobbs decision on disabled women and people who can become pregnant\u2014with two powerhouse advocates who are also speaking at an upcoming virtual event on \u201cBridging Reproductive Justice and Disability Justice\u201d being hosted at The Century Foundation next week. Vilissa Thompson is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, where her work focuses on the intersection of race, gender, and disability and she serves as co-director of the Disability Economic Justice Collaborative; she is also the founder of advocacy organization Ramp Your Voice! And Laurie Bertram Roberts is the founder and executive director of the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund (MRFF), a reproductive justice organization that reduces barriers for access to abortion care.  You can find part one and part two of Off-Kilter\u2019s #ADA2022 series here and here. For more: Find out more about and register for next week\u2019s event, \u201cBridging Reproductive Justice and Disability Justice,\u201d taking place on July 21, 1:00\u20132:00PM ET, by clicking here Read the Supreme Court\u2019s Buck v. Bell decision from 1927, which set the legal precedent that disabled people can be forcibly sterilized\u2014and here\u2019s the TCF Disability Economic Justice Team\u2019s statement on why overturning Roe is so devastating for the disability community Here\u2019s the National Partnership for Women and Families analysis finding that 15 million women of color live in states that have already or are likely to overturn Roe Read more about how Laurie became \u201cthe abortion lady of Mississippi\u201d in The Guardian Learn more about and support the work of the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund Find and support your local abortion fund using this handy tool from the National Network of Abortion Funds ","author_name":"OFF-KILTER with Rebecca Vallas","author_url":"https:\/\/tcf.org\/off-kilter\/","html":"