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One Hundred Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Organizations Lay Out First-Of-Its-Kind Joint Vision for Proactive Policy Change
WASHINGTON — Today, 100 organizations spanning reproductive health, rights, and justice, movements outlined a bold, proactive vision for lawmakers to deliver on sexual and reproductive health. On Election Day, people around the country made it clear that they want leaders who protect sexual and reproductive health and rights; soon, pro-reproductive health majorities will be taking shape in the House of Representatives, governor’s houses, and state legislatures.
The organizations outlined a coordinated policy vision of bold action, for the present and future, on sexual and reproductive health and rights. The vision statement is phase one of an unprecedented, collective effort to work towards policy change in service of our shared vision. A complete policy agenda, with legislative and administrative recommendations, will be released publicly in spring 2019. Groups will continue to meet over the next few months to develop policy recommendations for key areas, including:
- Health care access and coverage
- Abortion access and rights
- Youth health and rights and sex education
- Healthy pregnancies
- Health care refusals
- Judicial nominations
- Clinic security
- Immigrants’ access to healthcare
- Supporting access to providers
- Sexual and reproductive health in delivery system reform
- Research and development
- Global reproductive health
Quote from “A Call For Change: Putting People’s Health and Rights First”:
“All people should have access to affordable, quality health care and as a part of that, access to health care providers that meet their needs, including their sexual and reproductive health needs. In the past two decades, we have made significant progress in improving health access through policies rooted in that principle, like the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by 193 countries, including the United States. As attacks on that progress continue, lawmakers must not only defend those gains but urgently push for policies that are designed to ensure equitable access to health.”
“The success of pro-reproductive health candidates was powered by women, people of color, LGBTQ people, and young people: those who have endured a disproportionate share of the attacks on people’s health and rights. These election results send a clear message: We expect politicians to listen to us, and fight to protect and expand access to sexual and reproductive health care.”
The following groups signed on to the effort:
9to5
Abortion Care Network
Access Reproductive Care-Southeast
(ARC-Southeast)
ACCESS Women’s Health Justice
Advocates for Youth
AIDS Alliance
for Women, Infants, Children, Youth & Families
AIDS United
All-Options
All* Above All
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
American Atheists
American Civil Liberties Union
American Jewish World Service
American Sexual Health Association
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Black Mamas Matter Alliance
Black Women for Wellness
Black Women’s
Health Imperative
California Coalition for Reproductive Freedom
Catholics for Choice
Center for Health & Gender Equity (CHANGE)
Civil Liberties & Public Policy Program
Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR)
Community Catalyst
Feminist Majority
Feminist Women’s Health Center
Fund Texas Choice
Gender Justice
Guttmacher Institute
Healthy and Free Tennessee
Healthy Teen Network
Ibis Reproductive Health
Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health
In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda
International Women’s Health Coalition
Ipas
Iris House, Inc.
Legal Voice
Lift Louisiana
NARAL Pro-Choice America
NARAL Pro-Choice California
NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts
NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota
NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri
NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina
NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon
NARAL Pro-Choice Texas
NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia
National Abortion Federation
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF)
National Center for Lesbian Rights
National Center for Transgender Equality
National Council of Jewish Women
National Health Law Program
National Institute for Reproductive Health
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
National LGBTQ Task Force
National Network of Abortion Funds
National Organization for Women
National Partnership for Women & Families
National Women’s Health Network
National Women’s Law Center
New Voices for Reproductive Justice
Northland Family Planning Centers
Not Without Black Women
Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice
PAI
Physicians for Reproductive Health
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Population Connection Action Fund
Population Institute
Power to Decide
Preterm
Raising Women’s Voices
Reclaim
Reproductive Health Access Project
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)
SIA Legal Team
Sierra Club
Sister Reach
SisterLove, Inc.
SisterSong: National Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective
Social Workers for Reproductive Justice
Southwest Women’s Law Center
SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW!, Inc.
State Innovation Exchange (SiX)
Surge
Texas Equal Access Fund
The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health
Transgender Law Center
URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity
UU Women’s Federation
#VOTEPROCHOICE
WV FREE
Whole Woman’s Health
Whole Woman’s Health Alliance
Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health
Women’s Rights Empowerment Network (WREN)
Woodhull Freedom Foundation
Yellowhammer Fund
For immediate release: Thursday, November 15, 2018
Contact: Emily Bridges, Director of Communications, emily@advocatesforyouth.org