Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2012. The Center for American Progress yesterday released a new report titled, “A Dual Disenfranchisement: How Voter Suppression Denies Reproductive Justice to Women of Color,” showing that voting rights is a reproductive justice issue. During this year alone, nearly 1 million women of color will be at risk of losing their right to vote. Meanwhile, 22 states have passed a total of 61 measures restricting women’s access to reproductive health; restrictions from family planning funding to coverage of contraceptives to HIV testing for pregnant women to abortion access. However, there has been little attention paid to how these two issues tie together and affect women of color. This report’s analysis shows that women of color stand to be disenfranchised at unprecedented rates in eleven states due to the new voter identification laws in effect for this 2012 election.
