Reproductive Rights & Disability, Part 2 – Pushing Limits – November 18, 2022

Emily DiMatteo Are there things about the connection between reproductive rights and the disability community that the reproductive rights movement has not yet latched on to? We interview Emily DiMatteo, the lead author of a paper called “Reproductive Justice for Disabled Women: Ending Systemic Discrimination.”   The paper details considerations that should be factored into the debate over reproductive rights or reproductive justice. Emily DiMatteo is a policy analyst for the Emily DiMatteo is a policy analyst for the Disability Justice Initiative at American Progress. Prior to this role, she worked on various disability policy topics as a disability rights intern at Human Rights Watch and fellow at The Arc of the United States. DiMatteo was also a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in the Czech Republic from 2019 to 2020. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Villanova University and a master’s degree in international relations from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School.. Prior to this role, she worked on various disability policy topics as a disability rights intern at Human Rights Watch and fellow at The Arc of the United States. DiMatteo was also a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in the Czech Republic from 2019 to 2020. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Villanova University and a master’s degree in international relations from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School. This is the second part of our analysis of  reproductive rights in relationship to disability justice.  For part one, click here. To read the entire report, which was co-authored by Emily DiMatteo, Osub Ahmed and Villissa Thompson, go here: Hosted and produced by Eddie Ytuarte The post Reproductive Rights & Disability, Part 2 – Pushing Limits – November 18, 2022 appeared first on KPFA.