Reproductive Rights

1. Problems

1.1. Shifts in the power structure of Congress have led to promises to strip away access to reproductive health care, especially abortion.

1.2. For many, having access to affordable abortion care opens the door to fulfilling educational and career goals, better parenting, staying true to gender identities, and other critical parts of life that everyone should have the ability to choose for themselves.

1.3. 1 in 6 women have been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in there life time.

1.4. Around 700 women die in childbirth each year in the USA

2. People working for change

2.1. The National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL)

2.1.1. NARAL uses numerous tactics to lobby for access abortion and birth control rights, as well as support paid parental leave and stop pregnancy discrimination.

2.2. Center for Reproductive Rights

2.2.1. The CRP has expanded reproductive rights in more than 60 countries all across the globe using knowledge of law.

2.3. The ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project

2.3.1. The ACLU educates people in individual rights.

3. Ideas for solutions

3.1. Education in schools will help people understand how having a baby would be detrimental to a person.

3.2. Passing laws to help protect reproductive right (like Roe V. Wade).

3.3. Expanding accessibility to reproductive care.