Dear there,

Here at the Center, we have a team of experts tracking and analyzing hundreds of bills as they work their way through state legislatures across the United States. Some aim to protect and even expand reproductive rights by removing barriers to access.

But most of the bills we're tracking aim to restrict our reproductive rights with increasingly extreme measures that put the health of people across the country at risk. Some of these bills aim to ban specific methods of abortion care entirely—such as bills that would prohibit medication abortion, which is proven to be safe, effective, and in demand. Others attempt to prohibit abortion based on a person's reason for seeking care.

We are in the busiest months of the legislative session and must be ready to act wherever and whenever we're needed. With you by our side, we’ll be prepared to fight these extreme bills and file new cases to preserve access in any state where reproductive rights are being threatened. Please renew your support before April 30 to support this critical work.

As one of our most committed supporters, I know I don't have to tell you that anti-abortion politicians are executing an aggressive, coordinated national strategy to legislate abortion out of existence.

Since 2011, close to 500 bills restricting abortion access have been passed by anti-abortion state lawmakers across the country. In the first three months of 2021, nearly a dozen new laws have been enacted in states like Arkansas, New Mexico, and South Dakota, putting the health and rights of people there at greater risk.

One in four women in the U.S. will make the decision to have an abortion in the course of her life. Yet in large parts of the country, obtaining abortion care is difficult—and in some cases, impossible—due to the new and increasingly extreme barriers put in place by these kinds of laws.

We will continue working for as long as it takes to ensure not only that reproductive rights are respected as human rights, but that everyone—no matter who you are or where you live—has the ability to exercise those rights. Please, renew your support right now to stand with us in this fight.

Sincerely,

Elisabeth Smith
Chief Counsel, State Policy & Advocacy