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Reproductive Freedom for All Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month and Reaffirms Commitment to Hispanic and Latine Communities
TO: Interested Parties
FROM: Reproductive Freedom for All
RE: Reproductive Freedom for All Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month and Reaffirms Commitment to Hispanic and Latine Communities
DATE: September 18, 2026
Reproductive Freedom for All Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month and Reaffirms Commitment to Hispanic and Latine Communities
This week marks the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the history, contributions, and leadership of Hispanic and Latine communities and their integral role in strengthening our democracy.
Hispanic and Latine communities have long been at the forefront of the fight for freedom and equality. This Hispanic Heritage Month, Reproductive Freedom for All recognizes Hispanic communities across the country, as well as the advocates, healthcare providers, community leaders, and organizers working to protect and expand reproductive freedom. We also recognize the work still required to dismantle the barriers that prevent too many people—especially members of this community—from accessing the care they need.
Hispanic and Latine communities are navigating attacks on their civil rights from the Trump administration, alongside ongoing and escalating threats to their reproductive freedom. Abortion bans, Medicaid cuts, and immigration enforcement are making it harder to safely access health care. These policies fall especially hard on immigrant communities, particularly undocumented individuals and mixed-status families, who face additional obstacles to care and heightened risk of criminalization.
- Abortion bans: Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, 21 states have banned abortion, including states with large Hispanic populations such as Texas and Florida. At least 1.9 million undocumented women live in states with abortion bans or severe restrictions.
- Medicaid cuts: Around a third of Latinas rely on Medicaid for health care. GOP cuts are stripping coverage from millions and threatening access to primary, preventive, reproductive, and pregnancy-related care, with 10 million people projected to lose Medicaid coverage by 2034. New eligibility and work requirements could deepen those losses.
- Detention Centers: People in immigration detention face severe threats to their reproductive autonomy, including restrictions on abortion access, inadequate prenatal care, family separation, and prolonged detention of children and pregnant people. Investigations and facility visits have continued to expose medical neglect and failures to provide adequate reproductive care in detention, prompting lawmakers to demand greater transparency and oversight of immigration authorities.
At this critical moment, Hispanic and Latine communities are fighting every day for their fundamental freedoms. Reproductive Freedom for All is committed to fighting alongside them, rejecting policies that restrict, criminalize, and exclude—and building a future where everyone has the freedom to make decisions about their body, family, and health.
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For over 55 years, Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America) has fought to protect and advance reproductive freedom at the federal and state levels—including access to abortion care, birth control, pregnancy and post-partum care, and paid family leave—for everybody. Reproductive Freedom for All is powered by its more than 4.5 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, representing the 8 in 10 Americans who support legal abortion.
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