Pamela Merritt is an American writer and reproductive justice activist who advocates for women's rights and against white supremacy.
[1] Prior to joining MSFC, Merritt co-founded and served with Erin Matson as co-director at Reproaction, a reproductive justice organization that works to increase access to abortion,[2][3] expose deceptive practices at pregnancy crisis centers,[4][5] and improve infant and maternal death rates.
[6][7][8][9] Merritt advocates for recruiting and training more doulas and midwives to improve birth mortality rates.
[4] Merritt regularly receives violent sexual threats in response to her work, and is harassed extensively online on social media.
[14] She says she routinely reports the most threatening incidents to the police,[15] 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.