Rebecca Lee Crumpler was born in Christiana, Delaware in 1831. After living in Pennsylvania, Boston, and Richmond, Virginia and working as a nurse, she moved back to Massachusetts. There she attended the New England Female Medical College in Boston and, in 1864, she became the first African American woman to become a Doctor of Medicine in the United States. Around the same time, while decent people like Dr. Crumpler were working to save lives, relieve pain, and prevent illness, 40 states were banning abortion. In the same year, Arizona enacted its ban on abortion soon after it became a territory. While women of all colors and cultures were pushing to succeed during that time, territories, states, and their elected leaders, including the male leader of the AMA were pushing to keep women back. Fast forward to 2024 and here we go again.
While most people were watching the Woodstock of the solar-lunar world this week, the Arizona legislators were busy stripping women of their reproductive rights. Trump’s statement on State and Federal control and his previous stacking of the courts serves to continue to weaponize his words and actions while lashing out at women who rightfully deserve a choice.
Let’s keep spreading the word to people of all ages to rise up and
Roe, Roe, Roe their votes!
Roe Your Vote Gals
