Meeting The Moment Post-Dobbs: A Review of Proactive Abortion Policies Passed in States & Localities, June 24 – October 1, 2022 Nov 2022
Gaining Ground Series 2022 Midyear Report — Gaining Ground: Proactive Legislation in the States Jul 2022
Local Reproductive Freedom Index Series Local Reproductive Freedom Index, 2021 The Local Reproductive Freedom Index evaluates the reproductive health, rights, and justice policies of 50 U.S. cities – and draws a roadmap for how cities can put policies in place to become more equitable communities. Oct 2021
Gaining Ground Series Gaining Ground Series: Proactive Legislation in the States at Midyear, 2021 Jul 2021
Gaining Ground Series 2020 Year-End Report — Gaining Ground: Proactive Legislation in the States Dec 2020
Gaining Ground Series 2020 Midyear Report — Gaining Ground: Proactive Legislation in the States Jul 2020
Gaining Ground Series 2019 Year-End Report — Gaining Ground: Proactive Legislation in the States Jan 2020
Local Reproductive Freedom Index Series Local Reproductive Freedom Index: Evaluating U.S. Cities 2019 The Local Reproductive Freedom Index is an initiative that evaluates the reproductive health, rights, and justice policies of 50 U.S. cities and municipalities. It also offers advocates and policymakers a roadmap of concrete steps they can take to build stronger, healthier communities. Oct 2019
Gaining Ground Series 2019 Midyear Report — Gaining Ground: Proactive Legislation in the States Jul 2019
LARC Toolkit: Increasing Access & Protecting Patient Autonomy A project of the National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH) and the National Women’s Health Network (NWHN), Increasing Access to Long-Acting Reversible Contraception & Protecting Patient Autonomy: A Resource For Evaluating LARC Public Policy Initiatives is a toolkit designed to support reproductive health, rights, and justice advocates assess proposed legislation or policy initiatives related to long-acting reversible contraception (LARC). Apr 2019
LARC Toolkit: Providing Contraceptive Implants at Time of Medication Abortion These LARC toolkits are based on NIRH’s partnership with Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and Brigham & Women’s Hospital as part of the 2016 LARC Access Project and intended to support organizations interested in replicating this work. Mar 2019
Policy Explainer: NY’s Reproductive Health Act The National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH) is setting the record straight about what the Reproductive Health Act actually does, and why proactive legislation that increases access to reproductive freedom is critical at a time when the Trump-Pence administration continues to attack these rights. Feb 2019
Gaining Ground Series 2018 Report — Gaining Ground: Proactive Legislation in the States The National Institute for Reproductive Health’s 2018 End of Year Report, Gaining Ground: Proactive Reproductive Health and Rights Legislation in the States analyzes state advocates’ and legislators’ work to advance reproductive health, rights, and justice through proactive policy throughout 2018 – enacting the highest number of proactive bills since NIRH started keeping track. Jan 2019
Gaining Ground Series 2018 Midyear Report — Gaining Ground: Proactive Policy in the States The National Institute for Reproductive Health’s 2018 Midyear Report details the progress states have made at the midway point in the year, after most legislative sessions have adjourned, in introducing, moving, and passing legislation that proactively advances reproductive rights, health, and justice. Jul 2018
NIRH White Paper on Self-Managed Abortion – “When Self-Abortion is a Crime: An Analysis of Massachusetts Law” NIRH’s white paper, “When Self-Abortion is a Crime: Laws that Put Women at Risk: An Analysis of Massachusetts Law,” raises awareness about the harms of criminal bans on self-abortion, with a particular focus on Massachusetts, which is one of a handful of states with criminal laws on the books that explicitly make self-abortion illegal. Apr 2018
Gaining Ground Series 2017 Report — Gaining Ground: Proactive Legislation in the States The National Institute for Reproductive Health’s 2017 End of Year Report, Gaining Ground: Proactive Reproductive Health and Rights Legislation in the States analyzes the ways in which states have counteracted the harmful aggressions of the federal government with a record number of proactive policies to advance reproductive health, rights, and justice. Jan 2018
Local Reproductive Freedom Index Series Local Reproductive Freedom Index: Evaluating U.S. Cities 2017 The Local Reproductive Freedom Index: Evaluation U.S. Cities is a first-of-its-kind initiative that evaluates the reproductive health, rights, and justice policies of 40 U.S. cities. It will help local leaders better understand how their city fares when it comes to this issue. Oct 2017
Advancing Repro Freedom in Cities and Counties: Tools for Advocates and Policymakers The National Institute for Reproductive Health has created a set of four tools designed for advocates, policymakers, and candidates to advance reproductive freedom in their cities and counties. Oct 2017
Gaining Ground Series 2017 Midyear Report — Gaining Ground: Proactive Legislation in the States The National Institute for Reproductive Health’s 2017 Midyear Report analyzes the ways in which states are pushing forward with a proactive and unapologetic approach to reproductive freedom. Jul 2017
Policy Analysis: When Self-Abortion is a Crime – Laws that Put Women at Risk The legal status of abortion has changed throughout American history – from legal to illegal and back to legal again. However, women seeking to end an unintended pregnancy have always done so, whether it is legal or not. Our white paper, “When Self-Abortion is a Crime: Laws that Put Women at Risk,” documents this history in New York and assess whether there is any justification for the state’s criminal abortion ban. Jul 2017
Gaining Ground Series 2016 Year-End Report: Gaining Ground: Proactive Legislation in the States Jan 2017
Gaining Ground Series 2015 Year-End Report — Gaining Ground: Proactive Legislation in the States Jan 2016
Building Blocks for Change: A Primer on Local Advocacy for Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Aug 2015
Gaining Ground Series 2014 Year-End Report — Gaining Ground: Proactive Legislation in the States Jul 2015
Gaining Ground Series 2014 Year in Review — Building Momentum: Proactive Reproductive Health and Rights Legislation in the States Jan 2015