Advocating for Change in States and Cities Across the Country
NIRH fights for equitable access to reproductive health care. Our strategy is to go on the offensive to pass laws that safeguard reproductive freedom, working at the state and local level where we can have the greatest and most immediate impact on people’s lives.
Each year we work in partnership with state and local reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations to build coalitions, launch campaigns, and advocate for policy change.
In 2021, NIRH’s advocacy spans 24 states, including 15 localities, and we are directing the majority of our partnership resources toward working with organizations led by Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), to recognize the value of policy work and movement building that address the persistent and devastating racial inequities that plague our country.
This year, NIRH is creating impact to advance reproductive freedom in two main areas:
Advocating for Equitable Access to Abortion and Contraception
We are working to safeguard access and expand coverage for abortion care in key access points and enhance the availability of contraception in ways that center and honor patient autonomy and decision-making.
Expanding Equitable Access to Abortion
- Arizona: Arizona Reproductive Justice Coalition
- California (Los Angeles County): ACCESS REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE
- Illinois (Chicago – Cook County): Chicago Abortion Fund
- Kentucky (Louisville): Kentucky Health Justice Network
- Michigan (Kalamazoo County): YWCA Kalamazoo
- Minnesota (Multiple localities): Whole Woman’s Health Alliance
- New Jersey: Cherry Hill Women’s Center, New Jersey Policy Perspective
- New York (Statewide and New York City)
- Oregon (Multiple localities): NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon
Expanding Equitable Access to Contraception
- Massachusetts: NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts
- Mississippi: Converge
- Pennsylvania: The Center for Women’s Health Research and Innovation at the University of Pittsburgh
- Wisconsin: Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health
State-based Proactive Abortion Policy and Culture Shift Project
Eliminating Disparities in Maternal Health
We will advance a vision of birthing justice, with a focus on addressing racial injustice and health inequities in institutions such as the medical establishment and the carceral system.
- California: California Coalition for Women Prisoners
- Connecticut: Health Equity Solutions
- Maryland (Multiple localities): NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland
- New York State
- Rhode Island (Statewide and multiple localities): SISTA Fire
- Tennessee: Healthy and Free Tennessee
NIRH Action Fund Partnerships: Making Electoral and Policy Change through Advocacy and Voter Mobilization Campaigns
In addition to NIRH’s advocacy partnerships, the NIRH Action Fund engages in message-driven campaigns to challenge conventional electoral wisdom, pilot new ideas, and mobilize voters to turn out to vote for candidates who are champions for reproductive freedom.
See more about the partners and campaigns of the NIRH Action Fund
