We believed that the women’s struggle for equality was the ‘revolution within the revolution.’ - Iris Morales

Restrictive laws had not prevented or reduced the incidence of abortions; instead they forced low-income women to resort to unsafe, clandestine, and fatal procedures. Thousands of women of color died through botched or self-induced "hanger" abortions.

In Puerto Rico, the Young Lords Party came under intensified scrutiny by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

We must study and reclaim our past so that we can move forward; so we understand why and how we came to be who we are, and where we are going.