Black women not only were less likely to be able to afford an abortion but also were more likely to be deemed sexually reckless, to undergo coerced sterilizations, and to die from pregnancy-related causes. These Black feminists decided to caucus separately and came up with the term “reproductive justice” to describe a new framework that included the human right to have children and to raise them with dignity in a safe, healthy, and supportive environment, along with the right not to have a child, which dominated pro-choice advocacy.66
