▁letter ▁to ▁main stream ▁femin ist ▁activ ists ▁called ▁Ster il ization ▁Ab use : ▁A ▁task ▁for ▁the ▁Women ’ s ▁Mov ement . ▁This ▁paper ▁highlight ed ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁biggest ▁intersection al ▁challeng es ▁Black ▁women ▁faced ▁in ▁their ▁fight ▁for ▁re product ive ▁rights . ▁It ▁explained ▁how ▁despite ▁not ▁being ▁addressed ▁in ▁main stream ▁femin ism ' s ▁fight ▁for ▁re product ive ▁freedom , ▁forced ▁ster il ization ▁is ▁indeed ▁an ▁in fr ing ement ▁on ▁one ' s ▁re product ive ▁rights , ▁and ▁one ▁that ▁dis pro port ion ately ▁affected ▁black ▁women ▁over ▁white ▁women . ▁Call ing ▁attention ▁to ▁this ▁in fr ing ement ▁on ▁the ▁re product ive ▁freedom ▁of ▁Black ▁women ▁was ▁an ▁important ▁step ▁in ▁leading ▁to ▁the ▁expansion ▁of ▁re product ive ▁politics ▁in ▁the ▁US . ▁ ▁Many ▁new ▁re product ive ▁health ▁organizations ▁for ▁women ▁of ▁color ▁were ▁created ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁including ▁the ▁National ▁Black ▁Women ' s ▁Health ▁Project , ▁and ▁they ▁object ed ▁to ▁the ▁r het or ic ▁employed ▁by ▁the ▁main stream ▁re product ive ▁rights ▁movement ▁to ▁define ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁abort ion ▁along ▁the ▁pro - choice ▁and ▁pro - life ▁lines ▁that ▁figured ▁in ▁abort ion ▁disput es ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁Ro e ▁v . ▁W ade ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁decision ▁legal izing ▁abort ion ▁in ▁the ▁US . ▁These ▁new ▁women -