Taking shots at the Democratic Party regulars who do the work is very unhelpful.
Atima Omara
Atima Omara is the founder and principal strategist for Omara Strategy Group, a consulting firm working at the intersection of electoral politics and issue advocacy with progressive candidates and organizations. As an award-winning leader, strategist, and advocate, Omara has worked for or led many Democratic federal, state, and local political campaigns as well as local, state, and national campaigns and organizations focusing on reproductive rights and justice, labor, voting rights, and criminal justice reform across the country.
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As Hyde Amendment Turns 40, Poll Shows Support for Its Repeal
It’s been 40 years to the day since Congress first passed the so-called Hyde Amendment that bars federal funding for abortion services, and it’s also the first year that any presidential candidate-in this case, Hillary Clinton-has campaigned on a promise to repeal that amendment if elected. It’s unclear whether Clinton’s pledge will carry much weight […]
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
SCOTUS Abortion Ruling Benefits Women of Color, Low-Income Women
The Supreme Court’s 5-3 ruling on Monday to throw out restrictive Texas abortion laws in the landmark case known as Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt is a major victory for reproductive rights advocates, who have been fighting a wave of what they call “clinic shutdown” laws nationwide. First enacted in 2013, the Texas laws rejected […]
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Punishing Women for Abortion
In a new front in the emotional battle over abortion, state legislatures and courts have been imposing prison sentences on women who seek to terminate their pregnancies.
Posted inEconomic Policy
On the Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a Right Under Threat
Forty-three years after the historic Supreme Court case, drastic new restrictions on abortion target economically vulnerable women.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The High Cost of Reproductive Coercion
For most women, birth control is a universal good—but only when it’s consensual.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
The Pope’s Blind Spot: When Income Inequality and Abortion Intersect
Why reproductive health is a social justice issue.