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In the Great Wall of Los Angeles, The 1970s: A Decade of Defiance and Dreams, Judith F. Baca paints a segment titled “Roe v.Wade” highlighting breakthroughs for women's liberation and reproductive justice in the 1970s.

Such legal breakthroughs include Roe V. Wade (1973) which established a constitutional right to abortion. In June 2022, Roe v. Wade was overturned with Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization abandoning 50 years of precedent, prompting dozens of states to ban abortion outright, and endangering the lives of countless women and gender-expansive people across the nation.

Coined by SisterSong in 1994, "reproductive justice” is defined as the belief of the human right to bodily autonomy, the right to have children, the right not to have children, and the right to parent in safe communities.

Using a transgender lens, reproductive justice also requires dismantling the gender binary in healthcare, access to contraception, gender-affirming care, eliminating forced sterilization and addressing intersecting oppressions.

The struggle for reproductive justice and bodily autonomy continues…

You can see more of the ‘Roe V. Wade’ segment in the 1970s: A Decade of Defiance and Dreams for only a few more days on view at the Jeffrey Deitch Gallery at 925 N Orange Dr, until April 4, 2026.