Latina Institute In the News

Securing Real Choices Means Going Beyond "Choice"

RH Reality Check, 01/22/2010 –

This post is part of RH Reality Check's "What Does Choice Mean to You?" series commemorating the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

I was a junior in high school the first time I understood the political meaning of the term pro-choice. My very progressive, feminist “herstory” teacher organized a school trip to attend the 1992 abortion rights march in Washington DC. Sadly I was unable to go, but I eagerly made feminist signs, created slogans, and supported my friends who did attend. I soaked in everything about the abortion rights movement. It was a turning point in my political consciousness. Read more »

Executive Director Silvia Henriquez on GRITtv

GRITtv, 01/14/2010 –

Executive Director Silvia Henriquez talks about reproductive rights as human rights on this episode of GRITtv.

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Now is the time for Latinas to speak up

The Houston Chronicle, 01/04/2010 –

Last month, while the nation's attention was focused on Washington, D.C., and whether Congress would exclude abortion access from its health care reform package, a mirror image of that debate was taking place in Travis County, Texas. As members of Congress debated how to avoid using tax dollars for abortion care, Travis County officials did the exact opposite: They voted to use county tax dollars for abortion care for women living in poverty. Read more »

En las noticias

La salud reproductiva de las hispanas

El Diario La Prensa NY, 12/31/2009 –

Diversos estudios demuestran que —por razones muy diversas y complejas— las mujeres latinas están en una situación de enorme desventaja en materia de educación y derechos de salud reproductiva. Varias organizaciones comunitarias que forman parte de las casi 100 agencias de la Hispanic Federation cuentan con programas —o con componentes de programas, en algunos casos— que están orientados a remediar esa carencia que sufren las mujeres de nuestra comunidad. Read more »

CNN.com Exclusive: Latinas Need Voice in Abortion Debate

CNN.com, 12/11/2009 –

CNN.com features opinion commentary from Silvia Henriquez, executive director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, on health care reform’s impact on women and immigrants.

In this exclusive Op-Ed for CNN.com/Opinion, read by 40 million people every month, Ms. Henriquez highlights the growing political power of Latinas and demands reproductive justice for the millions of women across the United States in danger of losing abortion coverage as a result of anti-choice politics in health care reform. Read more »