STRONG MAJORITIES SUPPORT ABORTION CARE 

73% of voters oppose their states banning abortions in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade. 

… AND ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL

89% of voters support access to birth control adults in the U.S. – including 66% of Republicans and 93% of Democrats – consider birth control a basic part of women’s healthcare.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO CAN GET PREGNANT LIVE IN STATES HOSTILE TO ABORTION CARE

58% of U.S. women of reproductive age - 40 million women - and millions of other people who can get pregnant live in one of the 26 states hostile to abortion rights

YET POLITICIANS DENY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACCESS TO BASIC REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE

More than 19 million women of reproductive age living in the U.S. need publicly-funded contraception but can’t access it where they live. An estimated 214 million women in developing countries want to prevent or delay pregnancy but face significant barriers to using modern contraceptive methods. 

MATERNAL MORTALITY IS UNACCEPTABLY HIGH, ESPECIALLY FOR BLACK MOMS

A small group of politicians have made the U.S. one of the most dangerous places to give birth, especially for Black women and other people of color. The U.S. has one of the highest maternal mortality rates among nations with comparable economies - 2.7 times higher than the next industrialized nation.

When people can make decisions that are best for their lives, our families thrive and we build healthier communities where each of us can live with dignity.

When it comes to the most important decisions in life, such as whether to become a parent, everyone deserves the freedom to choose the care that’s right for them, including abortion care, no matter where they live, what they look like or how much money they have. 

Abortion has always existed and will continue to exist. 

Extremists in office, in the courts and in the media want to take away freedoms from everyone who doesn’t look or think like them. They are threatening our basic freedoms like making decisions about our bodies, voting in fair elections, and protecting our kids from gun violence.

We should be able to make decisions about pregnancy and abortion free from fear or politicians who shame and try to control us. Lawmakers have no place interfering in someone else’s pregnancy decisions.

Banning and criminalizing abortion will most hurt people who already face discrimination and barriers to care including women of color, trans and non-binary people, young people and people in rural areas. Everyone deserves the freedom to access abortion care and reproductive health care when they need it, no matter what they look like, where they live or who they are. 

Reproductive health care must be made accessible to everyone, no matter where they live, who they work for or how much money they earn. We must ensure that everyone – including people with low incomes, trans people, LGBTQ people, and Black, Indigenous and other people of color (BIPOC) – have control over decisions about their reproductive health.

Personal, private reproductive-health decisions should be made by people and their doctors, not politicians.

Reproductive healthcare – including abortion care – is an essential service, now and always.

Everyone deserves access to birth control, no matter where we work or go to school.

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