In Our Own Voice Denounces Supreme Court Decision Gutting the Voting Rights Act

For Immediate Release: April 29, 2026
Media Contact: inourownvoice@berlinrosen.com

NATIONWIDE — In response to today’s Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which struck down Louisiana’s second majority-Black congressional district and stripped Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, Dr. Regina Davis Moss, President and CEO of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, issued the following statement:

“Today’s decision is a devastating blow to our democracy and Black voters who have fought for generations to have our voices heard and our communities fairly represented. By gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court has eliminated one of the last remaining tools to protect voters from racially discriminatory voting laws and maps.

This ruling will have real and detrimental consequences for Black women, families, and children. When our political power is dismantled, so is our ability to fight for the resources our families need, including health care, safe schools, clean air, and economic opportunity. This is a Reproductive Justice issue: our ability to make decisions about our lives depends on having the political power to shape the policies that govern us. Fair maps are about far more than arbitrary district lines — they determine whether our communities can elect leaders who understand our concerns, care about our needs, and protect our futures.

This decision comes as voting rights are under attack from every direction, including racially discriminatory redistricting, polling place closures, restrictive registration requirements, and other barriers that disproportionately burden Black voters, voters of color, low-income voters, voters with disabilities, elderly voters and voters whose first language is not English.

But no court decision can erase our vision for America: that every voter deserves an equal voice and every community deserves fair representation. We have faced setbacks before, and every major civil rights victory in our history grew out of moments like this one. Black women have always been at the forefront of the fight to make this country live up to its promises. In Our Own Voice will continue that fight by defending voting rights, protecting Black political power, and advancing Reproductive Justice for Black women, girls and gender-expansive people.”

In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda is a national-state partnership focused on lifting up the voices of Black women leaders at the national and regional levels in our fight to secure Reproductive Justice for all women, girls, and gender-expansive individuals. Our eight strategic partners are Black Women for Wellness, Black Women’s Health Imperative, New Voices for Reproductive Justice, SisterLove, Inc., SisterReach, SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW and Women With A Vision.