Now is the moment to rise up, reimagine, and relentlessly protect the reproductive rights of South Asians in the US.
The overturn of Roe v. Wade will have a devastating impact on all South Asians —
especially on survivors, immigrants, and people who are caste-oppressed, queer and trans, or working class.
55% of Muslims in America and 68% of Hindus in America believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
By and large, Muslims’ and Hindus’ beliefs on abortion rights are rooted in individual choice and autonomy, a view which is represented amicus brief to the Supreme Court by religious organizations supporting abortion rights.
In Sikh American communities, 59% have either had an abortion or know a Sikh person who has had an abortion.
A survey by the Sikh Family Center revealed abortion rates among Sikh American communities and shed light on some of the attitudes that Sikh Americans hold such as the belief that abortion is a deeply personal decision.
Indian Americans have the highest abortion rate among Asian Americans in NYC.
According to Prism, the “Asian American community is the only racial community in which abortion usage hasn’t decreased in the last 15 years…Among Indian women, for example, the abortion rate is as much as three times the average for the Asian American community at-large.
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