Every Mother's Fear and Black Mother's Nightmare: What Happened To Nolan Xavier Wells?

At Ms. Studios and Ms. Magazine, we have long recognized that reproductive justice is not a matter that begins and ends with pregnancy. Rather the call for reproductive justice endures after birth, into childhood, and teenage years for so many mothers, especially Black mothers. Mamie Till Mobley comes to mind—the mother of Emmett Till. Emmett was murdered just after his 14th birthday in drew, Mississippi. He was abducted, shot, lynched and his murderers were acquitted ...