Shaping Policy - Reproductive Freedom for All®

Shaping Policy

We’re facing a flood of political posturing and life-threatening attacks.

Trump lied—he’s not leaving abortion access to the states—and federal efforts that effectively ban abortion prevent access across the country.

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Our government relations team works at the state and federal levels to advance Reproductive Freedom for All’s policy priorities.

  • They lobby legislators to protect and expand abortion access and prevent new restrictions.
  • They track and analyze legislation, regulations, court cases, and nominations, ensuring our lobbying, communications, and organizing efforts are informed, effective, and strategic.
  • They also work behind the scenes, equipping elected leaders with the information they need to champion reproductive freedom

Shaping Policy in 2025

Holding lawmakers accountable to the values of the 8 in 10 Americans who support legal abortion.

We stopped unprecedented restrictions on abortion access from being added during negotiations to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits.

We worked with members of Congress early to provide research, co-host briefings, and talk to elected leaders about the need to stop new restrictions—while keeping the issue front and center in media coverage, and activating our members to send 4,000 messages to Congress.

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Monitoring state and federal legislation.

We researched over 1,000 bills across all 50 states that could impact abortion access. When South Carolina tried to pass a total abortion ban, our team worked with our allies in the state, submitting testimony and mobilizing our members in South Carolina to call their state lawmakers. The bill ultimately failed.

Read our 2025 State Laws Recap.

Sounding the alarm on the Trump administration’s nominees.

We opposed 25 cabinet and judicial nominees—researching their records, sending reports to support senators during committee hearings, submitting letters opposing nominees on record, and lobbying elected leaders to vote against confirmations.

We also put a public spotlight on nominees—launching a six-figure ad campaign hitting Trump for packing his cabinet with anti-abortion extremists, and mobilizing 18,000 people to take action and send 36,000 messages to their senators demanding they oppose anti-reproductive freedom nominees.

  • 25 cabinet and judicial nominees opposed
  • 18,000 people mobilized into action
  • 36,000 messages sent to Senators

Collaborating with coalition partners

We need to be strategic and coordinated, which is why Reproductive Freedom for All works with national partners to advance federal legislation that protects and expands abortion access while pushing back against attacks on our rights.

We collaborate with partners in the broader progressive movement, including civil rights and democracy organizations on voting rights and fair courts issues. And we work closely with partners at the state level to strategize on policy, organizing, and communications on reproductive freedom issues.

Read more about our intersectional commitments around gender justice, LGBTQIA+ civil rights, racial justice, immigrant rights, and democracy and civil rights.

How Much of Project 2025 Has Been Implemented So Far?
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Tracking the Attacks

How Much of Project 2025 Has Been Implemented So Far?

In 2025, Trump and his circus of extremist allies attacked our fundamental rights in historic fashion, including relentless attacks on abortion, health care, and bodily autonomy. This is not surprising—they told us their plans. So we tracked their every move and organized to fight back.

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