Health Care & Reproductive Rights Archives - National Women's Law Center

Health Care & Reproductive Rights

Everyone deserves access to the health care they need, when they need it —including reproductive health care.

Abortion

Abortion allows people to make the best decisions for their lives, their families, and their futures. Our laws and policies should ensure affordable and available abortion care.

Birth Control

Everyone should have access to the birth control they want and need, without any barriers standing in their way.

COVID-19

General Health Care & Coverage

Our health care system must guarantee that people get the health care they need, free from discrimination and without cost as a barrier.

Refusals of Care & Discrimination

A health care provider’s personal beliefs should never dictate health care – a patient’s health must always come first.

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Collateral Damage: Scheduling Challenges for Workers in Low-Wage Jobs and Their Consequences

NWLC Joins Amicus Brief to Protect Minors’ Access to Gender-Affirming Health Care

Gender Justice Farm Bill Sign-on Letter

Abortion Rights Are Labor Rights. Jobs With Justice and NWLC Are Ready to Engage Together.

HOT DAMN! The FDA Approves the First-Ever Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill in the U.S.

“Decirle a la gente significa que soy débil; significa que no puedo; significa que fallé”: Seis Mujeres de Color Comparten Sus Experiencias con La Salud Mental y El Estigma Que Puede Llevar

“Telling people means I’m weak; it means I can’t; it means I failed”: Six Women of Color Share Their Experiences with Mental Illness—and the Stigma It Can Carry

Does TRICARE cover abortion?

NWLC Reacts to FDA Approval of First Over-the-Counter Contraceptive Pill

NWLC Files Amicus Brief Supporting Woman Who Was Denied Emergency Contraception

NWLC Filed Amicus Brief In Support of Individual Denied Emergency Contraception By Her Pharmacy to Minnesota Court of Appeals

Why Congress Must Pass the MARCH Act: The Impact of Abortion Bans on Service Members and Their Dependents

Reflecting on the Past Year After Dobbs: We Must Share the Stories of Those Impacted

The Right to Contraception: Deeply Rooted in our Laws and Society, but in Jeopardy and in Need of Policymakers’ Attention

To Our Pro-Abortion Community, We Want to Say Thank You

Maybe If Women Dressed Up as Kitchen Stoves, Congress Would Stop Their Anti-Abortion Attacks

Right-Wing Group Tells Young Women That Marriage and Children Are All That Matters. Here’s Why We Should Be Relieved.

NWLC Responds to Biden’s Executive Action on Birth Control

Being Dragged Through Court Because of Your Involvement with Abortion, But Can’t Afford the Legal Fees? We May Be Able to Help!

NWLC Announces Abortion Access Legal Defense Fund; Supports Access to Abortion One Year Since Dobbs

Anti-Abortion Extremists Are Going After Our Friendships

The Weldon Amendment: A Poison Pill Rider for Abortion Access

Forced To the Forefront: the Connections Between Economic Insecurity, -isms, and Mental Health

The Women’s Health Protection Act Will Help Ensure that Abortion is Available and Accessible in Our Communities