Alan Guttmacher Institute is a non-profit research and policy institute that studies reproductive health issues including abortion, contraception, teen pregnancy, and sexually transmitted diseases.  Alan Guttmacher Institute

 

 

ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project seeks to promote through litigation, advocacy, and public education the rights of women to control their reproduction free from government coercion or hindrance. This includes access to sex education, contraception, abortion, prenatal care, and child-bearing assistance. ACLU

 

 

 

Birthrights promotes your right to receive evidence-based care that conforms to the best medical and midwifery standards. They want to ensure everyone receives the respect and dignity they deserve in pregnancy and childbirth. Becoming the authority on human rights in pregnancy and childbirth in the UK is a top priority and using that influence to improve services and practice throughout the maternity system as well. They do not promote any particular clinical perspectives in maternity care. These rights are set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations, and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Birthrights

 

Center for Reproductive Rights works toward promoting a world where every woman is free to decide whether and when to have children; where every woman has access to the best reproductive healthcare available; where every woman can exercise her choices without coercion or discrimination. They envision a world where every woman participates with full dignity as an equal member of society. Reproductive Rights

 

Collective Power for Reproductive Justice (formerly Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program) is a national organization dedicated to reproductive rights activism and education. CPRJ works with campus and community groups nationwide through coordination of the National Young Women’s Day of Action and its annual conference- From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom. Collective Power continues to mobilize a broad diversity of young people, connecting with new allies and supporting and inspiring new generations of leadership. CPRJ

 

 Fòs Feminista (merge of IPPFWHR, IWHC, and CHANGE) is an alliance of 170+ organizations worldwide advancing sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice for women, girls, and gender-diverse people through healthcare and activism. With local partners across the globe, they engage in healthcare, education, and advocacy to provide sexual and reproductive health services and implement community-based strategies that make sexual and reproductive healthcare more accessible to the most marginalized women and girls. Fòs Feminista also engages young people with comprehensive sexuality education and provides care to survivors of gender-based violence. They stand alongside their partners in the streets, in the courts, and in other advocacy spaces as an unapologetically feminist voice, resisting injustice and advocating for gender equality and reproductive rights locally and globally.  FòS

 

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund works toward achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, and people with HIV/AIDS through impact litigation, education, and public policy work. Lambda has done work on a variety of issues including lesbian and gay parenting and has worked in coalition with other organizations to promote reproductive rights. Lambda Legal

 

Medical Students for Choice was founded in 1993 by medical against abortion providers. Today, they represent more than 5,000 medical students and residents who are demanding comprehensive medical education including abortion training. MSFC works on a grassroots basis at medical schools and residency programs throughout North America, holds national and regional meetings, maintains a presence on the Internet, and produces A Medical Student’s Guide to Improving Reproductive Health Curricula. MSFC

 

National Abortion Federation is the largest professional association of abortion providers in the United States and Canada. Membership includes individuals and organizations working in reproductive health and abortion rights. NAF’s mission is to keep abortion safe, legal, and accessible. The toll-free hotline provides factual information, referrals, and assistance with funding or other barriers to accessing abortion services. Provides accredited abortion-specific continuing medical education, produces top-quality clinical resources for abortion providers, assists providers with clinic defense, advocations for abortion training at all levels of clinical education, promotes unbiased public education about abortion, and brings the provider and patient voices to public policy debates about abortion.  NAF

 

National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL) works to develop and sustain a constituency that uses the political process to guarantee every woman the right to make personal decisions regarding the full range of reproductive choices, including preventing unintended pregnancy, bearing healthy children, and choosing legal abortion. NARAL

 

Pregnancy Justice (formerly National Advocates for Pregnant Women) is dedicated to defending the rights of pregnant people against criminalization and other rights violations because of pregnancy and all pregnancy outcomes. This is a fight they first started more than 20 years ago, and we’re ready for the challenges that lie ahead without Roe. They work to ensure that no one loses their rights because of pregnancy or because of their capacity for pregnancy, focusing on pregnant people who are most at risk of state control and criminalization: those who are low-income, of color, and drug-using. They defend people who are charged with crimes because of pregnancy or any pregnancy outcome — including birth, miscarriage, stillbirth, and abortion — through direct representation and strategic legal advocacy. They seek to minimize the harm of the criminal legal system and family policing system, keep families together, and protect against other forms of state control and violence. Pregnancy Justice

 

Asian Women for Health (AWFH)’s core program is the Asian Women’s Reproductive and Sexual Health Empowerment Project (RSHP). Produces surveys, press releases, and other public statements about the state of Asian American women’s reproductive health. AWFH

 

Abortion Care Network (merged between National Coalition of Abortion Providers (NCAP) and the Abortion Conversation Project) was founded in 2008, as the national association for independent community-based, abortion care providers and their allies. Together they work to ensure the rights of all people to experience respectful, dignified abortion care. Independent abortion providers care for the majority of people seeking abortion in the U.S. – often serving individuals and families with the fewest resources and in the most rural parts of our nation. They are building a network of advocates and supporters who will integrate abortion services, the people who offer them, and the people who have abortions into the fabric of our communities. As a community who fights for what’s right, they are committed to becoming better allies internally, organizationally, and movement-wide by helping to develop accountable leadership and building broader movements for reproductive, social, and economic justice. ACN

 

National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice promotes the fundamental human right to reproductive health and justice for Latinas, their families, and their communities through public education, community mobilization, and policy advocacy. NLIRH is cognizant that women of color, particularly Latinas, have had very limited access to the institutions and officials responsible for setting and implementing policies that directly affect the lives of many Latinas. NLIRH

 

Our Bodies, Ourselves Today also known as the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective (BWHBC), is a nonprofit, public interest women’s health education, advocacy, and consulting organization. They provide clear, truthful information about health, sexuality, and reproduction from a feminist and consumer perspective. They vigorously advocate for women’s health by challenging the institutions and systems that block women from full control over their bodies and devalue their lives. OBOS’s long-standing commitment to serve only in the public interest and our bridge-building capacity are their hallmarks. They remain one of the few women’s health groups in the U.S. that doesn’t accept funds from pharmaceutical companies and that tries to be scrupulous about conflict of interest. Our Bodies, Ourselves Today

 

Physicians for Reproductive Health enables concerned physicians to take a more active and visible role in support of universal reproductive health care. Dedicated to ensuring that all people have the knowledge, equal access to quality services, and freedom of choice to make their own reproductive health care decisions. PRCH

 

Planned Parenthood Federation of America believes in the fundamental right of each individual, throughout the world, to manage his or her fertility, regardless of the individual’s income, marital status, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or residence. They provide  reproductive and complementary health care services in settings which protect the essential privacy and rights of each individual, advocate public policies, provide educational programs, and promote research and the advancement of technology in reproductive health care. Planned Parenthood

 

Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice is a coalition of forty-three national Christian, Jewish, and other religious organizations that support a woman’s right to choose. Ensures reproductive choice through the moral power of religious communities, conducts public education campaigns, has 22 state and local affiliates, and launched a groundbreaking  Black Church Initiative to address teenage pregnancy and other reproductive health issues in the African American religious community. Religious Coalition 

 

Reproductive Health Technologies Project was founded in 1988 and focuses on issues where science, technology, politics, and the interests of women converge and often clash. The Project’s 25-member board, with its diverse representation, is a powerful vehicle for public education, advocacy, and policy development. Reproductive Health Project

 

SPARK is a statewide-community based and centered reproductive justice organization based in Atlanta, GA. Their mission is to collaborate with individuals, communities, and organizations to grow and sustain a powerful reproductive justice movement in Georgia and the South by developing and sharing a radical analysis in order to shift culture and practice, mobilize in response to immediate threats, and organize for long-term systemic change. SPARK

 

Sister Song Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective was formed in 1997 by 16 organizations of women of color from four mini-communities (Native American, African American, Latina, and Asian American) who recognized that we have the right and responsibility to represent ourselves and our communities, and the equally compelling need to advance the perspectives and needs of women of color. SisterSong is a Southern-based, national membership organization; our purpose is to build an effective network of individuals and organizations to improve institutional policies and systems that impact the reproductive lives of marginalized communities. Sister Song