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A #ReproJustice, #POC-led org for young ppl in the South + Midwest. Centering #BIPOC & #Queer folk. linktr.ee/urgeorg

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Center for Reproductive Rights @reprorights.org · 26/02/2026
Enough is enough. Our lawmakers need to bear witness to these atrocities and investigate how ICE is treating pregnant detainees. Urge your Senator to make a visit and uncover the truth today:
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Tell Congress: Investigate ICE’s treatment of pregnant detainees
Add your name to demand that Members of Congress visit ICE detention centers and investigate how pregnant women are being treated.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 26/02/2026
ICE has ramped up its detention of pregnant women. As Ira Memaj writes, it's part of a long history of violence against the reproductive futures of those deemed unworthy by the state. bit.ly/4u2ey4A
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ICE’s Detention of Pregnant People Continues a Disgraceful American Tradition
We are seeing yet another example of state-sanctioned violence against the reproductive futures of those deemed outside the national body.
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The State of the Union Address is around the corner and if you had the mic, what would you demand? What issues would you focus on?👀 #StateOfTheUnion #SOTU
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Alex Forsythe (she/they) @i-write--activism.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Call or email your elected officals & join URGE on February 10th at the AL State House to make your voice heard! @urge-org.bsky.social #urgepartner #LGBTQ
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Alex Forsythe (she/they) @i-write--activism.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
No one should feel isolated or stigmatized ecause of their identity and schools should be a safe and inclusive place for everyone! Tell your AL legislator to OPPOSE HB 23! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @urge-org.bsky.social #urgepartner #LGBTQ
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Natasha Roy @natasharoy.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Are you a student who relies on SNAP, Parent PLUS, or Grad PLUS loans? One of my @rewirenewsgroup.com writers wants to speak with you! Please reach out to me at roy.natasha@rewirenewsgroup.com ✨
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
"One thing that we need in the state is financial relief for families,” Wolfe said. “This removes about 4% of the sales tax on essential products and especially in lower-income communities" whnt.com/news/alabama-news/state-sales-tax-exemption-for-menstrual-and-baby-products-takes-effect-monday/
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State sales tax exemption for menstrual and baby products takes effect Monday
A law taking effect in Alabama next week is meant to make purchasing menstrual and maternity products a little cheaper.
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
We are outraged by the #SCOTUS decision to uphold the dangerous and harmful Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth. Our fight does not end here. To every trans young person, we see you, we love you, and we'll NEVER stop fighting for you. 🏳️‍⚧️ Read more at urge.org/press-releas...
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Statement from URGE on Supreme Court’s Ruling on U.S. vs. Skrmetti
Statement from Kimberly Inez McGuire, Executive Director of URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity, on the Supreme Court’s upholding of the Tennessee gender-affirming care ban: “We are outraged.
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Thank you @avaslocum.bsky.social for this @msmagazine.com piece, sparking an important convo on how young people are being impacted by the Trump admin's actions. Read more below including great insight from URGE's Exec. Director Kimberly Inez McGuire and from young activists that work with URGE!✨
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In Our Own Voice @blackwomensrj.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
The Texas House passed a bill to even further police the bodies of Texans. This “crackdown” on people obtaining abortion pills doesn’t do anything but harm patients and prevent people from receiving essential healthcare. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/bill...
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Bill to stop flow of abortion pills into Texas clears House panel
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A comprehensive crackdown on abortion pills passed out of a Texas House com...
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Alyssa MacKenzie @alyssamackenzie.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Those who don't respect this flag have never known someone who died defending it.
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
#PrideMonth is a reminder that our struggles - and our liberation - are deeply intertwined. To build a world where Reproductive Justice is a reality for all, we must center those most impacted.✊🏽🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
A colorful graphic for Pride explaining how there is no Reproductive Justice without LGBTQIA+ and Two-Spirit Liberation.
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SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change @siecus.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Sex Ed should represent all of us – point, blank, period. That’s why we’re uplifting @urge-org.bsky.social’s #SexEdForAllFest, which features powerful, digital art from youth demanding LGBTQIA+ inclusive sex ed. Go to bit.ly/SE4AFest for more info! ll
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
LGBTQIA+ inclusive sex ed isn't JUST education... it's affirmation for queer and trans youth. 🏳️‍🌈✨🏳️‍⚧️ Hear from other young people like Akeem on why sex ed curriculum should center, represent, and respect LGBTQIA+ youth at bit.ly/SE4AFest
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
#LGBTQIA+ inclusive sex ed is empowering and lifesaving for young people. That's why we launched our #SexEdForAllFest, a digital advocacy project FOR and BY queer and trans youth, who are re-imagining what sex ed looks like. Check it out and uplift: bit.ly/SE4AFest ✨
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Sex Ed For All Fest 2025
Now more than ever, young people deserve sexual education that is destigmatizing, inclusive, and does not treat the LGBTQIA+ community as an aside. That’s why URGE launched our 2025 #
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The latest attacks on Mifepristone by the Trump Administration and RFK Jr. are driven by anti-abortion propaganda, not science. Mifepristone is SAFE + EFFECTIVE healthcare now with rigorous research backing it for over 2 decades. Over 7.5 million patients have used Mife safely. #AbortionAccess
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Sex Ed is not just a cis-sue.🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We won't stop fighting for comprehensive sexual education until all LGBTQIA+ young people feel supported, respected, and seen in sex ed curriculum. ✊🏽 Sexual education should be inclusive. Period. #SexEdForAllMonth #ReproductiveJustice #LGBTQIAYouth
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
At this time last year the OPill, aka the first over the counter birth control pill, FINALLY hit store shelves! OTC birth control pills means more young people getting the care they need with less barrier✊🏽 Let's continue fighting for affordable and even greater access!✨ #FreeThePill #ReproJustice
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
It's no coincidence that the same people coming after abortion access are the same people coming after migrant rights, trans people, affordable healthcare, accessible higher education, and climate initiatives. Our movements are intertwined. #ReproductiveJustice
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Good news— we extended the deadline to our #ReproductiveJustice Leadership Summit!🤩 This is a FREE professional development opportunity for young activists. Apply by May 4: bit.ly/URGESummit25
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Now more than ever, we need to stand together for judgement free and affordable healthcare access! Join us in building a future where everyone can access the reproductive healthcare they need, without barriers or judgment. 💪🏾 #ReproJustice #AffordableHealthcare #AbortionRights
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Equality Era Now @equalityeranow.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Let’s shout out 4 grassroots orgs defending reproductive rights: ✔️ @abortionfunds.bsky.social ✔️ @plancpills.bsky.social ✔️ @reproequitynow.bsky.social ✔️ @urge-org.bsky.social
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Calling all #YoungActivists 📣 Apply for URGE's National Reproductive Justice Leadership Summit! bit.ly/URGESummit25 And guess what?! It's FREE! 🤩Applications are due tomorrow, 4/25 by 11:59pm PST!
A poster calling for applications to URGE's National Leadership Summit featuring photos of diverse young people.
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Caitlyn Hammack, URGE's Kansas Organizer, explains how #PeriodPoverty is impacting people throughout the state and what KS legislators can do to make #MenstrualEquity at reality: www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...
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Period poverty is a global problem. Kansas has power to help | Opinion
Tampons, pads and diapers are health care essentials, not luxury items. | Opinion
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
We are proud to join #PlannedParenthood on their Digital Day of Action because we at URGE believe that birth control, STI testing and treatment, and cancer screenings should be accessible for ALL. #ImForPP ✊🏽 Want to express your support?Join in at p.ppfa.org/support-pp
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Support Planned Parenthood
Let your member of Congress know why Planned Parenthood matters to you.
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Comprehensive sex education should be #LGBTQIA inclusive and ensure that ALL young people are seen and heard regardless of their identity. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ If you're passionate about #LGBTQIARights, #SexEd, and content creation, apply for our #SexEdForAll content fest: bit.ly/SexEdForAllFest
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
"Let’s be clear: the SAVE Act isn’t about ‘saving’ anything. It’s about suppressing votes." - URGE's Executive Director, Kimberly Inez McGuire on the passage of the #SAVEAct by the House. Check out the full statement at urge.org/press-releas... #VotingRights #ReproductiveJustice
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Statement on SAVE Act Passing in the House
Statement from Kimberly Inez McGuire, Executive Director of URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity, on passage of the SAVE Act in the House: “Let’s be clear: the SAVE Act isn’t about ‘saving’…
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
URGE is accepting applications for our National Leadership Summit!🤩 This is a FREE summit for young activists to learn more about organizing for #ReproductiveJustice All the details are in the flyer below, apply here and share with your networks: bit.ly/URGESummit25
A flyer that describes the application details for URGE's Reproductive Justice Leadership Summit.
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The Sexual Health Exploration Project @sexploreproject.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
ONE WEEK AWAY!!! We’re excited to share our next speaker: Natania Ortiz from Students United For Reproductive and Gender Equity at UCLA! @urge-org.bsky.social Head to the Google Form in our bio to sign up for registration notifications! #ReproductiveJustice #LGBTQIA+ #FeministSky 🛟 🩺 🌈🎓 ‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
The Sexploration Project is pleased to announce our town hall speaker: Natania Ortiz of Students United for Reproductive and Gender Equity at UCLA!About SURGE:

UCLA SURGE cultivates strength and nurtures a youth-driven movement for reproductive justice, emphasizing the pivotal role of young individuals from marginalized communities, including women, queer, trans, nonbinary, gender nonconforming individuals, and those with limited financial resources. SURGE mobilizes students at UCLA, offers a political haven for young people, champions impactful policy reforms, and drives cultural transformation.  UCLA SURGE is a chapter of the URGE national organization.

Be sure to join us on April 7th at 11am pt to hear more from Natania Ortiz!
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
On #TransDayofVisibility, here's a reminder that trans people deserve: 🏥Access to healthcare w/out discrimination ⚖️Legal protections & recognition 💼Safe & inclusive workplaces 📚Respect in education ✨Dignity, joy, and community Demand your lawmakers protect #TransRights🏳️‍⚧️: urge.org/actions/supp...
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Support Trans Rights
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YourAnonRiots 🐈‍⬛🏴🇵🇸🇲🇲🇺🇦🇸🇦🦋 @youranonriots.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Justice for Breonna Taylor Justice for Sonya Massey Justice for Sandra Bland Justice for Tamir Rice Justice for Kalief Browder Justice for Eric Garner Justice for George Floyd Justice for Daunte Wright Justice for Alexia Christian Justice for Rayshard Brooks Say Their Names!!!
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ANSIRH @ansirh.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Anti-abortion extremists are trying to stop us from accessing medication abortion. What they aren’t saying is that those pills are also essential for patients experiencing a miscarriage.
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
All day and everyday, we #CelebrateAbortionProviders! Abortion providers include: 🌟Doctors 🌟Nurses 🌟Clinic escorts 🌟Funds/mutual aid services 🌟Organizers 🌟Doulas 🌟Activists 🌟Lawyers 🌟Researchers 🌟And so many more! Abortion providers are vital to community. Let's show them our love and support<3
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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 27/02/2025
NEW OVERNIGHT: The Department of Defense released guidance implementing President Trump’s cruel executive order banning trans servicemembers from the military. This memo is a COMPLETE BAN on active duty and prospective trans servicemembers. www.reuters.com/world/us/tra...
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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 27/02/2025
Transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive youth need our support and deserve safe and inclusive spaces, especially in the classroom. For National Day of Reading tomorrow, help provide inclusive books and support safe spaces to an underfunded school. Make a special gift now: hrc.im/ndorbooks
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Provide Inclusive Books to an At-Need Library Donate Now.
At a time when transgender, non-binary and gender expansive youth are increasingly marginalized, there are steps you can take to ensure all students have the opportunity to thrive.
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Amplify GA Collaborative @amplifyga.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
We call on ALL Georgia legislators to support reproductive freedom and help pass the RFA into law. Join us on Thursday, Feb 27th to learn how you can TAKE ACTION NOW! bit.ly/Speak4RFA @urge-org.bsky.social @atldemsoc.bsky.social
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Abortion is healthcare. Abortion access saves lives. And denying folks access to abortion care is denying them a basic, human right.
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Abortion Fund of Ohio @abortionfundofohio.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Let people (us) enjoy things (abortion)!!!!!
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ACLU @aclu.org · 03/02/2025
“They will never, no matter what happens, take trans joy away.” Our resilience is in our joy. No politician can take that from us.
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“I Would Not Be Here Without Trans Girls”: Chappell Roan on the Grammys 2025 Red Carpet
The Midwest Princess made a powerful statement of trans solidarity ahead of the ceremony.
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Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio @ppaohio.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Follow and uplift reproductive justice organizations! @blackmamasmatter.bsky.social @ohwomenalliance.bsky.social @ohwomenaf.bsky.social @urge-org.bsky.social @womenwithavision.bsky.social
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
The U.S. Senate will soon vote on the Trump administration's nominee for HHS Secretary, RFK Jr. RFK Jr. is an anti-science, anti-vax conspiracy theorist who is unqualified to lead our country's healthcare system. We MUST demand that our Senators vote NO and reject RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary!
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Guttmacher @guttmacher.org · 29/01/2025
If confirmed as HHS secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr. would likely seek to implement the dangerous anti-abortion ideology laid out in #Project2025. Our fact sheet breaks down how the leaders of US federal agencies could impact reproductive health and rights: gu.tt/40R1hip
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A Guide to US Federal Agencies and Their Impact on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Gender-affirming care is evidence-based, essential healthcare that saves lives. Don't believe the lies and manipulation tactics being spread by hateful lawmakers. Politicians don't belong in our doctor appointments and our medical decisions should be left between doctors and patients🏳️‍⚧️ #TransRights
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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 27/01/2025
On Friday evening, President Trump reinstated a broad version of an anti-abortion policy known as the global gag rule, which bans foreign NGOs receiving U.S. aid funds from engaging in abortion advocacy, counseling, or referrals. @garnethenderson.com reports: rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/01/24/t...
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Trump Reinstated the Global Gag Rule. Here’s What’s at Stake.
In his first term, Trump oversaw an unprecedented expansion of the gag rule. Its reinstatement could decimate global reproductive and sexual health.
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Your daily reminder that #ReproductiveJustice is NOT a single-issue framework. 🏳️‍⚧️Trans Justice is Repro Justice. 🦋Migrant Justice is Repro Justice. ✊🏽Racial Justice is Repro Justice. 🌍Climate Justice is Repro Justice. 😷Disability Justice is Repro Justice. 💸Economic Justice is Repro Justice.
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
#RoeVWade was the floor, not the ceiling. Today marks 52 years since #SCOTUS ruled in Roe v. Wade, and the state of abortion access today underscores the need for us to not only fight for federal abortion protections, but to also eliminate the systemic barriers to access that existed under Roe.
An infographic that argues for abortion activists to advocate for systemic change to abortion access and that goes beyond the legal right.
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
"We WILL shield our immigrant family from abuses of their human rights, we WILL make sure people get gender affirming care AND abortion pills, in the face of whatever bills they pass" -Kimberly Inez McGuire, URGE's Executive Director at the #PeoplesMarch #PeoplesMarchDC
Kimberly Inez McGuire, URGE's Executive Director, delivers a speech at the People's March.
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
URGE is: 🤩Powered by young people ✊🏽Anti-racist 🎨Bold and creative 🙅🏽‍♀️Stigma-free 💖Sex-positive 🏳️‍⚧️Gender-expansive 💫Abortion-positive Visit our website urge.org to learn how you can join the young people's movement for #ReproductiveJustice!
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity
URGE envisions a liberated world where we can live with justice, love freely, express our gender and sexuality, and define and create families of our choosing.
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Catholics for Choice @catholic4choice.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Whatever reason you have for needing an abortion is the right one.
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity @urge-org.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Because our generation is too often told what to do and what to think, rather than having access to the resources necessary to build #ReproJustice in our communities.
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