Pamela Merritt

Pamela Merritt is an American writer and activist who advocates for women's rights and against White Supremacy. Merritt is a co-founder and co-director with Erin Matson at Reproaction, an reproductive justice organization that works to increase access to abortion,[1][2] expose deceptive practices at pregnancy crisis centers,[3][4] and improve infant and maternal death rates.[5][6][7][8] Merritt advocates for recruiting and training more doulas and midwives to improve birth mortality rates.[9] She has published thousands of articles on racism and gender, and been featured on several national websites for her activism and expertise, including on the Washington Post,[6] NPR,[10] Rolling Stone,[11] Vox,[12] and the Huffington Post.[3] Merritt regularly receives violent sexual threats in response to her work, and is harassed extensively online on social media.[13] She says she routinely reports the most threatening incidents to the police,[14] and was once warned by the FBI about a white supremacist actively trying to find her home address, forcing her to change her online habits.[9] Merritt is a board member for NARAL.[15] She has spoken out strongly against Donald Trump.[16] She grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and before becoming an activist worked for a St. Louis newspaper.[9][17]

Pamela Merritt

References
  1. "White GOP Lawmakers Behind Almost Every Anti-Choice Bill in 2017 - Rewire". Rewire. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  2. Bernhard, Blythe. "Supreme Court's ruling on abortion could have impact in Missouri". stltoday.com. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  3. Matson, Erin; Merritt, Pamela; Simpson, Monica Raye (2017-08-11). "The Creepy 'Big Data' Crisis Pregnancy Center Group that Must Be Stopped". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  4. "Pro-choice advocates protest 'fake clinics', state funds for needy families are going to anti-abortion facilities". St. Louis American. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  5. "Did Racism Kill Erica Garner?". Vice. 2018-01-02. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  6. Chandler, Michael Alison (2018-01-19). "'Badass. Prolife. Feminist.' How the 'pro-life feminist' movement is straddling the March for Life and Women's March". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  7. Crowley, Brendan. "Panelists say white people need to do more to fight white supremacy". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  8. Turnbull, Lornet. "Reproductive Freedom Depends on Where You Live. How Does Your City Rank?". YES! Magazine. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  9. "Amnesty reveals alarming impact of online abuse against women". www.amnesty.org. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  10. "Blogger Takes Issue with Recent Steinem Op-ed". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  11. "Why We're Losing the Planned Parenthood Debate". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  12. "Why younger women love Bernie Sanders, and why it drives older women crazy". Vox. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  13. "It's Too Early To Praise Twitter For Enforcing New Anti-Abuse Rules". Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  14. "Social media and the silencing effect: why misogyny online is a human rights issue". www.newstatesman.com. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  15. "The Breach: Democrats Should Stop Taking Black Women for Granted - Rewire". Rewire. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  16. "Red-State Progressives Hold the Blueprint for the Trump Resistance". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  17. Kamp, David (2008-03-23). "Sarah Boxer - Sunday Book Review". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
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