NIRH works across the country to advance proactive policy on the state and local levels to ensure that all people have access to reproductive health care, including abortion care.
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Using a partnership model, we provide state and local advocates with strategic guidance, hands-on support, and funding to create national change from the ground up.
Our Reach
We’ve partnered with 175 organizations in 64 localities and 43 states in the past decade.
The National Institute’s partnerships support state- and local-based initiatives that advance the goals of the reproductive health, rights, and justice movements.
Increasing access to reproductive health care by changing public policy, galvanizing public support, and normalizing women’s decisions about abortion and contraception.
NIRH in the News
- The Supreme Court Might Overturn Roe v. Wade—but Justices Won’t Have the Final Say on Abortion Laws, Expert Says, Newsweek (January 6, 2020)
- A total of 944 bills defending reproductive rights were introduced last year, Fast Company (January 6, 2020)
- States made record number of reproductive health proposals in 2019, report finds, Becker’s Hospital Review (January 6, 2020)
- Democrats Determined to See Roe v. Wade Overturned Face Backlash, Newsweek (January 6, 2020)
- Why States Rushed to Protect Abortion in 2019, Gen (December 20, 2019)
What We Do
- Provide funding to support proactive policy initiatives.
- Policy expertise to draft bills, testify at hearings, and advise on implementing policies.
- Activist mobilization to activate our networks to support our partners’ efforts.
- Media support to amplify these initiatives by drafting press releases, placing op-eds, and garnering local and national coverage of these successes.
