
Reproductive Justice for Disabled Women: Ending Systemic Discrimination
As access to reproductive rights continues to shrink in the United States, disabled women struggle to gain visibility around their rights and needs.
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Emily DiMatteo is a policy analyst for the Disability Justice Initiative at American Progress. Prior to this role, she worked on various disability policy topics as a disability rights intern at Human Rights Watch and fellow at The Arc of the United States. DiMatteo was also a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in the Czech Republic from 2019 to 2020. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Villanova University and a master’s degree in international relations from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School.
As access to reproductive rights continues to shrink in the United States, disabled women struggle to gain visibility around their rights and needs.