Reproductive Justice Task Force

The goals of the Reproductive Task Force are to:

a. Inform – Although NYS protects reproductive health rights, many other states do not. One of our goals is to determine how best to influence these other states, as well as to strengthen the protections NYS provides. This requires educating the membership about various state laws, federal laws and how they interact with Jewish law.

b. Inspire – The programs will be designed to engage people to interest them in the need to protect reproductive rights.

c. Act – An obvious way is to donate money to reproductive health rights initiatives. However, not all people are able to make donations and some people like to get actively involved in addition to, or an as alternative to donating. To this end, we maintain a list of potential action items.

WHAT CAN WE DO NOW?

New York State is one of the few states remaining in the United States that guarantees people the right to make their own reproductive health care decisions. The Reproductive Justice Task Force was very successful in working to ensure that this became a constitutional right in New York with the passing of PROP ONE/The NY ERA in November 2024. 

However, the need to ensure that access remains available continues to face challenges. Abortion care deserts exist in update New York. Fake abortion clinics exist in Westchester County. The Reproductive Justice Task Force meets several times a year to discuss ways in which it can continue to ensure that reproductive health care decisions are accessible in New York.

Reproductive Task Force Leader: Tanya Briendel, ReproJustice@wct.org