For women of color, political battles for access to comprehensive reproductive health care are as personal as ever.
Author: Kira Shepherd
Kira Shepherd is the Director of the Racial Justice Program at the Public Rights/Private Conscience Project at the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School. She previously served as Executive Director and Director of Campaigns at The Black Institute (TBI) and Campaign Manager at ColorOfChange.org, and worked at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Pubic Policy Center and for Families for Freedom. Kira graduated from Rutgers University School of Law in Newark with a Juris Doctorate degree.