Reproductive Justice & Environmental Justice

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Reproductive Justice is the right to not have or to have as many children as one wishes in the way one wishes and to raise those children in a healthy and safe environment. - SisterSong

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Important Components of Environmental Justice

  • equitable protection against environmental hazards to all living beings
  • fair treatment of people regardless of race, ethnicity, identity, national origin, gender, sexuality, etc.
  • consideration for current and future generations
  • being stewards of the planet and local ecosystems
  • minimized release of toxins, chemicals, and pollutants into the environment
  • minimized habitat destruction and alteration