New Directions in Reproductive Health and Justice Advocacy: Yes We can‪!‬

IN NOVEMBER, THE UNITED STATES ELECTED a president who campaigned by calling on all of us to believe and engage in making real change in the country. The Congressional election results--which strengthened support for abortion rights and family planning in both the House and the Senate--also signal popular support for change. And, after eight years of an Administration that has been openly hostile to women's reproductive rights, reproductive health policy is one of the areas most badly in need of a new direction. The attacks on women and our right to make our own decisions about how, when, and whether to have children won't go away just because of one election, but the National Women's Health Network and other women's health advocates throughout the country are seizing this moment to press for bold action on a reproductive health and justice agenda that will improve women's health and well-being. Critical reproductive health and justice priorities which advocates are focusing on include: