ROE V WADE STATEMENT
PRESS RELEASE
One-on-One and Community Advocacy/Rapid Response
Join us and invest in the Reproductive Justice Fund today. Every donation will go towards critical services and support for people in our communities that are challenged with access to the following services in the reproductive and sexual health systems:
- Pre-and-Post Abortion Practical Support
- Pre-and-Post Miscarriage, Pregnancy & Infant Loss Care
- Menstrual Management
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Pregnancy Support
- Menopause
For more information about what services are included and to learn more information about why HEART launched this fund and how we understand it to be aligned with Islamic core values, please click here.
As part of our Health Education and Training programming, HEART provides tailored webinars, workshops, and trainings to Muslim communities and those who serve them. The following are examples of workshops that we most commonly offer.
To request a HEART workshop: Please Complete this form.
Additional Health Education & Political Education
HEART wrote The Sex Talk in collaboration with various experts to shift the conversation around sex. We believe all Muslims have a right to access accurate reproductive and sexual health information in a way that’s empowering, gender equitable, and free of blame and shame.
Media
- On abortion, Muslim Americans say Islamic history is ‘on the side of mercy’ – Religion News Service
- The Impact of a Post-Roe World on AAPI Women – Ethnic Media Services
- Muslim-led Reproductive Justice Nonprofit Makes Sense of the US Abortion Debate, American Muslim Today
- Banning Abortion is another way to Criminalize Muslims’ Bodies, NowThisHer
- My Right to Exercise Bodily Autonomy, NowThisHer
- After Leak, Religious Rift over Legal Abortion on Display, Associated Press
- People Frustrated at Possible Abortion Rights Rollbacks are Finding Hope on Instagram, BuzzFeed News
- Abortion is a Muslim Issue – and it’s on Us to Fight for Access, ReWire News
- Religious Groups Take up the Fight to Preserve Abortion Rights, Independent
- Brief but Spectacular, PBS
- Why Muslims must Oppose the Abortion Ban, Muslim Girl
- US Muslim Advocates Weigh in on Abortion Rights Battle, Al Jazeera
- Faith Driven Activism, Reproaction podcast
- Muslims have a Right to Contraception. Why Can Evangelical Bosses Take that Away?
External Resources
External Media
Abortion bans trample on the religious freedom of Muslims, too – San Francisco Chronicle
How Islam Settled Roe v Wade Centuries Ago, Newsline Mag
There is No One Islamic Interpretation on Ethics of Abortion, but Belief in God’s Mercy and Compassion is a Crucial Part of any Conversation, The Conversation
A Muslim Woman’s Thoughts on the Overturning of Roe v Wade, The New Arab
Reproductive Justice Organizations
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Policy Forum
Scholarly works on Gender, Sexuality, and Islam
Ayubi, Zahra. (2019). “Muslim Biomedical Ethics of neonatal care: Theory, Praxis, and Authority.” Religion and Ethics in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Oxford University Press. https://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780190636852.001.0001/med-9780190636852-chapter-6
Bowen, D. L. 2006. “Reproduction: Abortion and Islam – Overview.” Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, Volume III: Family, Body, Sexuality and Health. Leiden and Boston: Brill
Mattson, Ingrid. “Gender and Sexuality in Islamic Bioethics.” Islamic Bioethics: Current Issues and Challenges. 2018.
Shaikh, Sa’diyya. (2003). “Family Planning, Contraception, and Abortion in Islam: Understanding Khilafah.” in Maguire, D.C. (ed.). Sacred Rights: The Case for Contraception and Abortion in World Religions. Oxford University Press, Inc. https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195160017.001.0001/acprof-9780195160017-chapter-5
Marty, Robin. New Handbook for a Post Roe America: The Complete Guide to Abortion Legality, Access, and Practical Support. Available on amazon. Check out this useful infographic as well.
Ross, Loretta and Solinger, Rickie. Reproductive Justice: An Introduction. (2017). Available on amazon.