Renee Bracey Sherman
Renee Bracey Sherman is an American writer and abortion rights activist. She is the founder and executive director of the nonprofit We Testify.
Life and career[edit]
Bracey Sherman was raised in the suburbs of Chicago.[1] Her mother is African American and her father is white. Both of her parents were nurses.[2]
She received her master of public administration degree from Cornell University.[2]
Bracey Sherman is an abortion rights activist. She argues that abortion should be normalized, and connects anti-abortion legislation to the criminalization of marginalized groups.[3][2] She founded the organization We Testify in 2016,[4] which provides a platform to share personal stories about abortion.[3][2] One of her goals is to expand the diversity of voices in abortion storytelling.[1] Her advocacy is related to her own experience getting an abortion at the age of 19.[2] Bracey Sherman didn't share her decision with her parents for many years even though she was raised in a pro-choice family.[4]
She has criticized the pro-choice movement as exclusionary to women of color, and too moderate with slogans such as "safe, legal, and rare."[1]
While testifying before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce in July 2022, she provided instructions on how to self-manage an abortion with mifepristone and misoprostol pills.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Gale, Rebecca (2020-03-13). "For the 'Beyoncé of Abortion Storytelling,' the Fight Is Just Beginning". Harper's BAZAAR. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ a b c d e Shah, Nirvi. "Renee Bracey Sherman wants you to know that someone you love has had an abortion". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ a b "'Police may be at your hospital bed': an abortion rights activist on post-Roe criminalization". the Guardian. 2022-07-02. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ a b Vagianos, Alanna (2021-12-21). "The Unapologetic Abortion Storyteller". HuffPost. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ Andrews, Becca. "Congress gets a lesson in how to self-manage an abortion". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2022-07-21.