Involvement in Current Issues

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Reproductive Rights

INCITE is currently fighting for the recognition of reproductive rights of women of color because many women do not know about sterilization abuse, racism in reproductive policies, and the dangerous birth control pill, Quinacrine. Quinacrine is a sterilizing pill that can be injected, without a woman’s knowledge, during a pelvic exam. Doctors around the world are using this pill to sterilize women without their knowledge, so INCITE along with multiple other organizations is trying to bring attention to not only the dangers of this procedure, but also its violation of human rights. INCITE would also like to bring women’s attention to a national organization called C.R.A.C.K. that founds the sterilization of women who have a substance abuse rather than offering viable solutions to the social, political, and economic conditions that lead to poverty and substance abuse. Additionally, INCITE draws women’s attention to the federal policies that do not allow women of color the same access to abortion rights as white women. Through bringing these issues to the attention of women, INCITE hopes to not only educate them about these issues, but to encourage them to help organize for reproductive rights of women of color. [1]

Sister Fire

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Campaigning Against War

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