public policy

Abortions occur whether they are legal or not, but the right to abortion has been both supported and contested over time. This essay traces key state and federal laws and Supreme Court rulings and their effects throughout U.S. history.

This interactive map tracks abortion bans, restrictions, and protections, updated in real time.

An overview of the health impacts of social isolation on older adults.

There is a lack of federal oversight of prenatal screening tests. This article reveals the resulting problems and harms.

This abolitionist feminist essay articulates how the legal system often criminalizes survivors.

This article traces how nativism, eugenics, and white supremacy have historically helped drive the anti-abortion movement.

Gretchen shares her experience of having an abortion in the second trimester, after learning the fetus had a life-threatening defect. Her example highlights why abortion bans should not be passed.

This article discusses how housing inequities and discrimination disproportionately harm older women, disabled, poor, and BIPOC people.

Specific policy recommendations for addressing the global climate crisis that would also reduce health risks to pregnant people.

The lifelong pay gap leaves women more vulnerable during retirement. Here are policy recommendations from the AAUW that may help.

Economic insecurity and inequity magnify over time for many women, especially marginalized women. What policies could address this problem?

This fact sheet includes statistics and analysis about the gendered wage gap in the United States.