The right to reproductive freedom is, at its heart, about personal autonomy. To enjoy personal autonomy, we must have access to contraceptives and abortion, comprehensive sex education, comprehensive medical care, and safe housing. We must be free from violence and coercion. We must be free to decide the number and timing of our children, should we choose to have them, and we must have safe and healthy environments in which to raise those children. We must have the education necessary to make informed decisions, and access to the resources necessary to meet our basic needs. The right to reproductive freedom is the right to make our own choices about our bodies and futures.
Reproductive freedom is fundamental to multiple human rights, including the right to life, the right to be free from torture, the right to health, the right to privacy, and the right to education. All people deserve the freedom to make informed decisions concerning reproduction without confronting discrimination, coercion, or violence.
Allies
Blog Posts
- 2024 US General Election Analysis: Impacts, Challenges, and Opportunities for Advancing Sex Worker Rights 2024
- Conservatives Attack Mifepristone, Yet Again 2024
- The False Promise of Florida’s Fatal Fetal Anomaly Abortion Ban “Exception” 2024
- Honoring Amber Nicole Thurman 2024
- Nurses’ Role in Abortion Care 2024
- Keeping Ourselves (and Our Data) Safe 2024
- The Maternal Mental Health Crisis 2024
- Digital Surveillance In the Wake of Dobbs 2024
- The Right to Abortion in Pennsylvania 2024
- Escambia County School District versus Our Human Rights 2024
- Abortion Is Health Care 2024
- Abortion Access in Idaho 2024
- Our Right to Contraception and Our Right to Privacy 2023
- “Fetal Personhood” and Family Separation in South Carolina 2023
- The Horrible Reality of Abortion Rights in Georgia 2023
- Pregnancy Criminalization in the U.S. 2023
- Hill v. Colorado and Future Erosion of Reproductive Freedom 2023
- Blog Post – OTC Birth Control 2023
- The First “Wrongful Death” Abortion Case 2023
- Restoring Abortion Rights in Wisconsin 2023
- Abortion Access in Guam: Contending with Colonialism & its Devastating Consequences post-Dobbs 2022
- Abortion and Family Separation 2022
- Criminalizing HIV 2022
- Censorship in Schools 2022
- Abortion While Incarcerated 2022
- Abortion and Section 230 2022
- Decriminalizing Sex Work in Vermont 2022
- The Right to Adequate Postpartum Health Care 2022
- Woodhull Statement on Roe, Human Rights, and Sexual Freedom 2022
- Birthing While Incarcerated 2022
- The Human Right to Childcare 2022
- Funding Abortion 2022
- Youth Abortion Rights 2021
- Abortion is a Disability Issue 2021
- Supporting Black Birthing People 2021
- Criminalizing Choice 2021
- Support, not Stigma 2021
- Centering Sexual Freedom on Human Rights Day 2017
- Abortion is a Human Right 2017
- Why Planned Parenthood’s Funding is a Human Rights Issue 2015
- Abortion Drones Use Innovation for Justice 2015
- ‘God Loves Women Who Have Abortions’: The Religious Abortion Advocates That History Forgot 2014
- Human Rights Cup: Corporations=1, Human Beings=0 2014
- Details of your sex life, $10.00 in Florida! 2012
- Why the Women’s Rights Movement Must Listen to Sex Workers 2012
- Culture Warriors vs. Sex for Pleasure: How the Hypocritical Right Kills Conversation 2012
- Sex, Witchcraft and the War on Women 2012
- Plan B pills cause sexual activity – NOT 2011
- Two stories about gender inequality 2011
- War Against Women in Our Own Country 2011
- How is it that I would need protection to seek medical care or advice? 2010
Summit Programs
Press Releases
- The Tsunami of Sexual Repression 2022
- The Battle After Roe 2022
- Civil Rights Groups Reinforce Legislators’ Demand for Google to Stop Endangering Abortion Seekers 2022
- Woodhull Announces Human Rights Commissions 2021
- Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights: A Global Call To Action 2012
- WE WON! Florida Vote 114 to 1 to Stop Shackling of Incarcerated Womenin Labor, Delivery and Recovery, Upholing Both the Constitution and International Human Rights Laws 2012
Media Mentions
- Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ and Garden State Equality Call On State Legislature To Reject Restrictions on Internet Access 2024
- Sugar Daddy Appreciation Day with Mandy Salley – DTF: Darryl & Timaree Fun Hour 2023
- Interview with Ricci Levy & Mandy Salley of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation 2023
- The Sexual Freedom Episode – Part Two 2022
- Petition To Stop Law Silencing Legal Sexual Expression 2022
- Woodhull Warns Against GOP’s New Anti-LGBTQ Censorship Bill 2022
Coalition Sign-Ons
- Coalition Letter Regarding Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for International Family Planning and Reproductive Health Funding and Policy
PAI
- House E&C APRA Reproductive Rights Letter
Chamber of Progress
- PRESS Act Markup (S.2074)
Freedom of the Press Foundation
- Letter to the House House Energly and Commerce Committee Opposing the Proposal to Sunset Section 230 of the Communications Act
Chamber of Progress
- Joint Letter Calling on CVS and Walgreens to Protect Patient Privacy and Medical Records
- Maryland HB 603 Coalition Opposition Letter
Chamber of Progress
- Opposition Letter to NJ’s A5750/S4215 Age Verification Bill
- UDHR 75 CSO Joint Statement with Endorsements
Center for Reproductive Rights
- Pennsylvania SB 22 Coalition Letter
Chamber of Progress
- Letter of Support for Rhode Island Senate Bill 0412 “Patient’s Bill of Rights”
- Letter in Opposition to Oklahoma’s Proposed Rules 210:10-2-1 & 210:35-3-121
Amplify
- Letter to Appropriators About the Importance of Sexual and Reproductive Health Piorities in the final FY23 Omnibus
National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association
- Global Sexual and Human Rights Budget Request
PAI
- Congresswoman Nikema Williams Leads 115 Colleagues Introducing Legislation Defending Reproductive and Sexual Healthcare
Physicians For Reproductive Health
- FY 2023 Global SRHR Appropriations Community Request
PAI
- Oral Contraceptives (OCs) Over-the-Counter (OTC) Working Group
Oral Contraceptives (OCs) Over-the-Counter (OTC) Working Group
- LGBTQ Organizations Urge Senate to Bring to the Floor and Pass The Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA)
National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)
- LGBTQ Testimony for Hearings on Abortion Access
National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)
- Topline SRHR Priorities
Planned Parenthood
- FY 2022 Needed to Advance International Family Planning and Reproductive Health
PAI
- Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act
Planned Parenthood
- Statement of Solidarity with UN Special Procedures Mandate Holders
Center for Reproductive Rights
- Repeal 47-Year-old Anti-Abortion Policy
Ipas
- INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FY 2020 STATE-FOREIGN OPERATIONS BILL
- In Support of Safe Abortion Access
Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI)
- Provisions to Promote Healthcare Access
Planned Parenthood
- FINAL FY2020 Healthy Youth Community