For Immediate Release: May 1, 2026
Media Contact: inourownvoice@berlinrosen.com
NATIONWIDE — In response to today’s decision in Louisiana v. FDA, 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 yet another dangerous escalation in this administration’s campaign to attack reproductive health care by advancing politically motivated restrictions on mifepristone. We know that Black women and gender-expansive people will bear the brunt of this outcome—not only with how we make decisions about our bodies, but with our lives.
Mifepristone has been scientifically backed and FDA-approved for decades. This case is not about safety: it’s about control, punishment, and a coordinated agenda that will stop at nothing to make reproductive health care harder to access.
At a time when families are struggling to afford basic needs like housing, groceries and child care, it is unconscionable to restrict lifesaving access to abortion medication. Reinstating in-person dispensing requirements would force people to travel farther, take more time off work, and absorb costs that are simply too high. For people living in states already hostile to abortion access, many of which are home to Black women and families, this is not health care. It is a political blockade designed to make abortion inaccessible in practice, cutting off an essential lifeline for people who already face barriers to care.
Black women, girls, and gender-expansive people deserve the freedom, resources, and support to make decisions about our bodies, our families, and our futures with dignity and safety. In Our Own Voice will continue to work with lawmakers and fight for policies that protect abortion access, defend medication abortion, and advance the full vision of Reproductive Justice for our communities.”
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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, The Afiya Center and Women With A Vision.
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