Holds lawmakers accountable to act on their values and the values of the 8 in 10 Americans who support legal abortion.
Fighting for Our Rights in Washington, DC
Above: Reproductive Freedom for All members speaking with members of the U.S. House of Representatives at a Women’s Health Protection Act press conference.
Everyone, no matter what state they live in, is vulnerable to attacks on reproductive freedom at the federal level.
That is why our government relations team works with lawmakers and allies to defend reproductive freedom and to seize opportunities to expand access that will mean more people are able to make decisions about their lives, bodies, and futures.
Our Government Relations Team:
Monitors state and federal legislation to ensure we are ready to take action at a moment’s notice on opportunities or threats as they appear.
Tracks the federal court system for any case with the potential to cause sweeping shifts in abortion and reproductive health access or policy.
In 2023, we supported several key judicial nominees who have established records protecting reproductive freedom. They are each taking us a step closer to restoring some trust in our judicial system.
Julie Rikelman
Appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Nancy Abudu
Appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Bradley Garcia
Appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Nicole Berner
Appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In 2023, we monitored and took action on federal bills to protect and expand reproductive freedom, as well as our intersectional commitments.
Nothing that we do happens in a vacuum, and it is vital that we show up in support of our partners across the progressive movement.
National Defense Authorization Act
We defended against efforts to roll back the administration’s travel and leave policy that eases the burden service members and dependents face when forced to travel to access abortion or fertility care they cannot access through the military.
Federal Spending Bills
We protected against attacks on abortion in key funding bills, including the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2024, which attacked medication abortion access by including new language aimed at rolling back changes the FDA instituted in 2023 that made mifepristone—one of two medications typically used in medication abortion—more accessible.
We also lobbied against problematic riders in spending bills that would harm immigrants and the LGBTQ+ community.
HR 5—the “Politics Over Parents Act”
We took action to combat HR 5, which sought to impose harmful policies in schools that would predominantly affect LGBTQ+ students.
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