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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Our first virtual event recognized our amazing honorees and highlighted our vision for a world where everyone has the freedom to control their bodies, lives, and futures.
NIRH is working with groundbreaking state and local organizations in 24 states including 15 localities to advance reproductive freedom.
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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.
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
- ‘Two Americas’: Aid groups prepare for more women needing to cross state lines for abortions, ABC News (June 26, 2021)
- States and localities must take bold and urgent actions to protect abortion access, The Hill (June 11, 2021)
- Metro Council passes ordinance creating buffer zones for health care facilities, abortion clinics, WLKY (May 20, 2021)
- Louisville Metro Council approves buffer zone for abortion clinic, healthcare facilities, Courier Journal (May 20, 2021)
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott Signs Extreme 6-Week Abortion Ban, HuffPost (May 19, 2021)
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.
