Alexis McGill Johnson

After the Supreme Court declared open season on abortion in 2022, leaders like Alexis McGill Johnson stepped up to defend our reproductive rights. As President and CEO of Planned Parenthood, she is only the second Black woman to lead the historic organization. Running one of the most influential abortion providers in the country in this current climate must come with its lion's share of challenges. But when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark case establishing the constitutional right to an abortion, McGill Johnson had no choice but to fight back. As a Black woman, McGill Johnson has been quick to point out the disproportionate impact of abortion bans on Black Americans. As McGill Johnson wrote in a May op-ed, “Racial justice and reproductive rights are, and have always been, inseparable. Anti-abortion zealots weaponize our bodies for their ends.”