38 Actions federal, state and local elected officials are taking to further Reproductive and Gender Justice!

In recent years, many elected officials have worked on legislation to help reproductive and gender justice causes. Please see a brief list below of a few of these pieces of legislation. This is not meant to serve as a full list of the bills that have been proposed. Also, this does not serve as an endorsement for any of these bills. This list of bills that have either passed, failed, and/or have been implemented.

Please use this list as an entry point to ask additional questions about the current state of our nation and what else we can be doing. What is missing from this list? What can we do to sharpen proposed legislation? Who are the community stakeholders that can help inform any new policy ideas? And finally, how can elected officials work together across the country to share best practices to achieve reproductive and gender justice?

• Ballot measure to protect abortion- Michigan Proposal 3
• Protect Reproductive Justice/Health/Rights Workers- St Louis Missouri Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Ordinance
• Social Determinants for Moms- H.R.959 — Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021
• Protecting Moms who Serve- H.R.959 — Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021
• Perinatal Workforce Support-H.R.959 — Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021
• Data to Save Moms- H.R.959 — Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021
• Tech to Save Moms- H.R.959 — Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021
• Pandemic Responses- H.R.959 — Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021
• Moms and babies against climate change- H.R.959 — Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021
• Maternal Vaccinations-H.R.959 — Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021
• Local funding for Abortions- Travis County Adopts Resolution to Deprioritize Prosecution of Abortions
• Postpartum Depression Support — Missouri Postpartum Depression Care Act
• Medicaid Coverage- Alabama Medicaid expansion from 60 days to 1 year postpartum
• Doula expansion- H.R.7475 — Mamas First Act
• Period equity- Alabama Period Equity Bill
• Remove Pink tax- Louisiana removed the pink tax
• Sexual assault and violence- H.R.1892 — Violence Against Women Extension Act of 2021
• PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)- H.Res.471 — Recognizing the seriousness of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and expressing support for the designation of the month of September 2021 as “PCOS Awareness Month”
• Endometriosis- Connecticut bill for medical education to include education regarding endometriosis.
• Uterine Fibroids- Georgia Recognizing the month of July 2020 as Fibroid Awareness Month at the state capitol; and for other purposes
• Menopause- Illinois Menopause Resolution
• Paid Leave- South Carolina Paid Leave Bill
• Maternal Mortality- H.R.1318 — Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018
• Midwifery Care — H.R.2701 — Opportunities to Support Mothers and Deliver Children Act
• Domestic violence-H.R.1892 — Violence Against Women Extension Act of 2021
• Child care- S.1398 — Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act
• Sex Education- S.1524 — Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2019
• Protecting doctors- H.Res.667 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3755) to protect a person’s ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide abortion services; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4350) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5305) making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for providing emergency assistance, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.
• Abortion criminalization- S.Res.664 — A resolution expressing opposition to the criminalization of essential healthcare, including the full range of sexual and reproductive healthcare such as abortion, gender-affirming care, and contraceptive care, and disapproving of the criminalization of pregnancy outcomes.
• Maternal Income gap — S.Con.Res.48 — A concurrent resolution recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men as compared to wages paid to Black women.
• Rural Maternal Health- S.1491 — Rural MOMS Act
• Infertility-H.R.4450 — Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act
• Still Birth- H.R.5487 — SHINE for Autumn Act of 2021
• Breastfeeding- H. Res 603 Black Breastfeeding Week
• Contraception- H.Res.1155 — Expressing support for contraceptive rights and access in the United States and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding comprehensive reproductive health care.
• Maternal Mental Health- Illinois Perinatal Mental Health Disordered Prevention and Treatment Act
• Maternal health for incarceration people-Maryland Correctional Services — Pregnancy and Postpartum Support 3 (Prevention of Forced Infant Separation Act)
• Dignity while giving labor and postpartum care while incarcerated- Wisconsin Treatment of pregnant and postpartum person in prison and jail