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Criminalization Pregnancy and Maternal Health Reproductive Justice Video Member Access

SiX Repro Rapid Response Room: Policy Alternatives to Incarceration for Caregivers

SiX Repro's Rapid Response Room featured guest speakers Jacqueline Altamirano Marin, MA, from the Vera Institute of Justice, and Shannon Wight, from the Partnership for Safety and Justice. The impactful discussion highlighted how alternatives to incarceration programs for pregnant and parenting individuals can end family separation by ensuring incarcerated people do not lose their parental rights. The speakers shared innovative examples from Oregon and Washington that offer successful, cost-effective programs with probation and support services, rather than jail or prison time.

April 22, 2025

Black Maternal Health Reproductive Justice Video Member Access

SiX Repro Rapid Response Room: 2025 Reproductive Justice Policy Agenda with In Our Own Voice

To celebrate Black Maternal Health Week April 11-17, 2025, SiX Repro hosted In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda. With a profound sense of urgency and a call to action, Bridgette Jackson, JD, joined the Rapid Response Room to share their 2025 Reproductive Justice Policy Agenda. In collaboration with the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, and the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, the agenda addresses urgent realities and builds a path forward, centering three key pillars of reproductive justice: Healthy Body, Healthy Families and Communities, and Healthy Democracy.

April 15, 2025

Health Care Transgender Health Transgender Rights Youth Messaging Guidance Video Member Access

SiX Repro Rapid Response Room: Trans Youth Health Care

SiX Repro's Rapid Response Room featured guest speakers Logan Casey, PhD, from the Movement Advancement Project, and Kellan Baker, PhD, from the Whitman-Walker Institute. Their powerful presentation discussed the stark policy landscape of health care for transgender youth, the chilling rate of progress of banning best practice medical care, updated research on effective messaging, and the high success rate of states fighting back and defeating bad bills.

April 10, 2025

Abortion Abortion Access Reproductive Justice Video Member Access

SiX Repro Rapid Response Room: Abortion Funds with Access Reproductive Care- Southeast, Inc.

SiX Repro's Rapid Response Room featured the guest speaker Vic. J. Kennedy, MA, a Healthline Coordinator for the abortion fund Access Reproductive Care- Southeast, Inc. They discussed the unique experience of assisting patients from the southeast in accessing abortion care, the challenges to providing logistical support, and the impact of serving patients during the current administration.

March 24, 2025

The Intersection of Reproductive, Economic, and Agricultural Justice: Addressing Economic, Sociodemographic, and Healthcare Challenges from a State Policy Perspective

March 10, 2025

Fact Sheet

Glossary: Terms Related to Fertility Treatments

March 4, 2025

Fact Sheet

Fertility Preservation and Beyond: State Policy Approaches to Increase Access to Fertility Treatments

March 3, 2025

Abortion Abortion Access Fact Sheet Member Access

Abortion Is A Winning Issue One Pager

February 13, 2025

Comprehensive Sex Education Video Member Access

SiX Repro Rapid Response Room: Advancing Sex Education with SIECUS

To celebrate Sex Ed Week of Action, SiX Repro hosted SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change. Alison Macklin, MSW, and Miranda Estes, MSW, joined the Rapid Response Room to share 2025 legislative priorities to advance sex education. Their policy briefing highlighted that sex education is resistance!

February 11, 2025

Pregnancy and Maternal Health Fact Sheet

Addressing the High Cost of Childbirth: State Policy Approaches to Lowering Cesarean Section Rates One Pager

February 10, 2025

Medication Abortion Video Member Access

SiX Repro Rapid Response Room: New Medication Abortion Regimen Study

Dr. Raegan McDonald-Mosley, CEO of Power to Decide, and Mary Alice Carter, Vice President of the communications firm Conway Strategic, discussed new research involving a potential medication abortion regimen. Given anti-abortion and anti-contraception policymakers' propensity for manipulating and conflating the facts, state legislators in SiX’s network were provided with the information to feel confident in their knowledge and prepared to combat any misinformation or legislative attacks in their statehouses.

January 28, 2025

Abortion Access Contraceptive Access Criminalization Medication Abortion Reproductive Rights Video Member Access

What to Expect for 2025 State Legislative Sessions

State Innovation Exchange and the Guttmacher Institute hosted a webinar for legislators and state advocates to discuss preparing for the 2025 state legislative sessions. State reproductive health, rights, and justice advocates highlighted which policies were passed in 2024 and how to prepare for 2025, including both proactive and defensive work. Speakers included Briana Perry from Healthy and Free Tennessee, Michelle Erenberg from LIFT Louisiana, and Anatasia Martinez from the Ohio Women’s Alliance.

January 25, 2025

Medication Abortion Fact Sheet Member Access

State Legislator Toolkit: New Medication Abortion Study

January 23, 2025

Abortion Access Black Maternal Health Reproductive Justice Reproductive Rights Video Member Access

SiX Repro Rapid Response Room: Reproductive Justice in Hopeful Times with Dr. Zakiya Luna

To begin the 2025 legislative session, Professor Zakiya Luna, PhD, MSW, discusses remaining hopeful and continuing to work for reproductive justice amid challenges.

January 14, 2025

Abortion Health Care Reproductive Rights Fact Sheet Member Access

Religious Hospitals Denial of Care One Pager

January 7, 2025