Reproductive Rights

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Step 1: Learn

What is at risk

  • Birth Control could no longer be covered by health insurance, cost of birth control could rise and availability could lower

  • Could allow states to require Title X family planning clinics to pressure marriage in order to receive services like contraception

  • Could make it harder to get emergency contraception (e.g. week-after-pill)

  • Could make it harder to get abortions even in states where it’s legal (prohibit traveling for abortions, abortion mail options, reverse approval of chemical abortion drugs, etc)

  • Could threaten procedures like IVF

  • Could collect data on abortion

Further Reading

Step 2: Plan

Personal

Think about how the proposed changes would impact yourself, your partner(s) and kid(s). Could you live with the implications? How will you fill the gap? Is there something you can do today to help prep, or something you can plan to do later in response to specific changes passing?

Pods are your close knit communities. Here’s more information about pods. Identifying who is in your pod is important to figure out how you can best help. Remember the ripple effect is powerful, helping keep your close ones afloat will help others as well. If someone in your pod is impacted by proposed changes, how can you help support them either now or in the future?

Community in the broad sense - your friends, neighbors, internet comrades, etc. Consider the places and ways you feel connected with the broader group and bring support. If your community is impacted by a proposed change, what can you offer to help?

Some examples are:

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Some examples are:

Community

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What examples can you think of that aren’t listed here? What resources did you use to help research?

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