In a way, I grew up with WWAV, distributing condoms and sterile needles through street-based outreach with my family and holding house parties where we’d talk about safer sex practices and harm reduction around substance use.

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Black women are being denied the resources, and the right to live and raise our families with dignity—and without state interference.

We’re working to topple oppressive systems because we deserve so much more. The end of these systems is just the starting point. I’m looking toward a future filled with pleasure and joy and community, one where we are free to create art and dance and share our talents. I’m looking forward to a world that looks a little like Mardi Gras. 

Some have argued that Louisiana’s abortion ban is a throwback to the antebellum period, when enslavers profited off the forced reproduction of the enslaved. Landry’s comments, however, highlight how the ruling class still believes they have an unalienable right to control racialized bodies, and when we resist we must be “[brought] to heel.”