Dear team,

For the first time in history, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken away a right that it had recognized as fundamental to personal liberty: the right to abortion. Decades ago, the Court was correct when it concluded that the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects individual decisions about whether and when to have a child.

Contrary to the Court's recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the right to reproductive autonomy is deeply grounded in the U.S. Constitution. By overturning Roe, the Supreme Court abandoned 50 years of precedent. The path forward requires a rebuilding of legal theory to align with the promise of the 14th Amendment.

A new report from the Center for Reproductive Rights, "The Constitutional Right to Reproductive Autonomy: Realizing the Promise of the 14th Amendment", presents the Center's positive vision for reclaiming and rebuilding the 14th amendment guarantees that ensure a human right to reproductive autonomy. This report will serve as a resource for lawyers, advocates, lawmakers, and others interested in constitutional law and committed to building stronger protections for reproductive rights in the United States.

The report illuminates:

• How reproductive oppression is used to control women, people of color, and people working to make ends meet.
  
  
• Why reproductive autonomy matters to health, life, and economic and family wellbeing.
  
  
• Judicial opinions and scholarship about reproductive autonomy and other rights that can inform future rulings.
  
  
• The ways in which international human rights law protects reproductive autonomy.
  
  
• Constitutional rights to liberty, equal protection, and life and how these can strengthen protections for reproductive autonomy going forward.

Reports like these are critical grounding for our work and are what set the Center apart as an organization dedicated to long-term legal theory development and thought leadership that is crucial to the fight for reproductive rights. We are determined and ready to build back stronger and more comprehensive legal protections for reproductive rights for the long term. This is how we do just that.

This kind of work would not be possible without your ongoing support and partnership. Thank you for being with us.

In solidarity,

Center for Reproductive Rights