189 organizations tell Congress to divest from law enforcement and invest in Black and brown communi

We call on you as federal leaders representing constituents who have been directly harmed by police violence and other state sanctioned violence to support the efforts and leadership of Black women and other reproductive and racial justice leaders in each and every one of your districts and states across the country. [...] This institutionalized violence includes targeted divestment of resources from Black and brown communities, from clinic closures and lack of access to clinic-based abortion care, to the risk of being over-policed and surveilled for self-managing their abortion outside of a clinic setting. [...] We must continue to hold the full picture of our communities and uplift and center the realities of Black trans and gender non-conforming people. [...] As organizations committed to a world where everyone has the right to decide if, when, and how to become a parent - we have seen the needs of our families and communities rejected by local, state and federal governments year after year as defense and law enforcement budgets eclipse funding for programs and resources that our families need to thrive. [...] Budgets are moral documents and we are in solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives and Reproductive Justice advocates, and we call on members of Congress to take action federally and to support local efforts to divest from law enforcement and invest in Black and brown communities.