Pursuing justice for women and girls,
fighting to create an equal future.
- Of all sexually active women, 99% will use a method of birth control at some point.
- One in four women will have an abortion in her lifetime; most of these women are mothers.
- More than four million people rely on our nation’s family planning program (Title X) for their health care.
- Marginalized women face multiple oppressions and Reproductive Justice recognizes the intersectional issues impacting women’s lives. Environmental factors, neighborhood safety, and racial biases in health care systems all affect women’s ability to plan and raise healthy families.
- Reproductive Justice recognizes that women of color and marginalized communities often have difficulty accessing essential services, including contraception, prenatal care, domestic violence assistance, adequate wages, and safe homes.
- While keeping abortion legal is important, Reproductive Justice recognizes that “choice” does not exist when access is limited. Many women of color cannot afford care or travel hundreds of miles to the nearest provider.
Women’s Health
Access to health care is fundamental to a woman’s ability to lead a healthy, autonomous life.
Unfortunately, many women struggle to get the care they need, and reproductive rights are continually under attack. CWLC works to protect laws that ensure women have the legal right to make personal health care decisions, and we advocate for policies that expand access to abortion, breastfeeding, and family planning services.