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11.02.2023

Engaging Policymakers SRHR General United States Story

State Legislators and Advocates Strategize to Advance Reproductive Rights Issues at the Center’s State Leadership Summit

Nat Ray
Preparing for upcoming U.S. state legislative sessions, participants discuss interstate shield protections, access to fertility care, criminalization of pregnancy outcomes, state court reform and more.

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At the Center's 2023 State Leadership Summit—the first held since since the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to abortion—attendees discussed ways to advance reproductive rights legislation at the state level. Photo ©Barry Brecheisen

Approximately 150 state legislators and advocates gathered recently at the Center for Reproductive Rights 2023 State Leadership Summit in Chicago to strategize on ways to advance reproductive rights legislation at the state level.

The Summit, organized and hosted by the Center’s state policy and advocacy team, is timed for attendees to prepare for state legislative sessions that start in January. The event, held every two years, was the first Summit held since the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated the federal constitutional right to abortion in 2022, clearing the way for states to ban abortion entirely.

Highlights of the 2023 State Summit, held September 26-28, included:

  • Shared experiences of the post-Roe landscape by policy advocates in states where abortion is banned.
  • Plenary sessions on how interstate shield laws can protect providers, helpers and patient information, ensuring equitable access to fertility care, and on countering punitive policies against pregnant people.
  • Breakout sessions addressing state court reform, expanding access to midwifery care, regulating anti-abortion centers (fake clinics claiming to be “crisis pregnancy centers”) and protecting access to medication abortion.
  • Integration of other progressive movements that intersect with reproductive rights, including LGBTQ+ rights, democracy, tech privacy and criminal justice reform.

“While so much uncertainty continues in the wake of the Dobbs decision, the Center for Reproductive Rights remains committed to ensuring access to reproductive health services in every U.S. state,” said Elisabeth Smith, Director of State Policy & Advocacy. “We hosted the State Leadership Summit because we believe in our partners’ ability to protect and advance bodily autonomy—whether that’s by passing laws that promote equitable access to the full range of health care or shifting culture in their communities. This Summit helps us all prepare for the 2024 legislative sessions, and we remain committed to supporting state leaders every step of the way.”

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Center for Reproductive Rights President and CEO Nancy Northup. —©Barry Brecheisen
Illinois State Representative Kelly Cassidy (L) and Khadine Bennett of the ACLU of Illinois. —©Barry Brecheisen
Quadira Coles of New Jersey Abortion Access Fund & Girls for Gender Equity. —©Barry Brecheisen
Polly Crozier of GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (L), and Colorado State Senator Julie Gonzales. —©Barry Brecheisen
L-R: Amanda Spriggs Reid of Women Enabled International; Lela Ali of Muslim Women For; and Arizona State Senator Priya Sundareshan. —©Barry Brecheisen
Connecticut State Representative Matt Blumenthal. —©Barry Brecheisen
Polly Crozier of GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (L), and Agbo Ikor of SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW. —©Barry Brecheisen

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