Learn more about the Center's Federal Legislative Priority Issues in Congress

The legal, policy and communications experts of the Center's Federal Program are currently engaged in research, policy analysis and public education on issues related to domestic policy as it affects reproductive freedom. See below for examples of some of the domestic policy issues we are currently working on:

• The Teen Endangerment Act (also called the "Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act" or "Child Custody Protection Act") will harm young women who face unwanted pregnancies. It would make it a federal crime for any person other than a parent to help a young woman travel to another state to obtain an abortion if she has not complied with the forced parental involvement law of her home state. It will also impose a federal parental notification and mandatory delay requirement when a young woman seeks an abortion outside her state of residence.
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• The Center for Reproductive Rights is working to make emergency contraception (EC) more widely available. Four years ago, on February 14, 2001, on behalf of 76 broad-based organizations, the Center petitioned the FDA to make EC available over-the-counter. A report recently published by the Alan Guttmacher Institute states that emergency contraception prevented 51,000 abortions in 2000, and the increased use of EC could be responsible for up to 43% of the 11% decline in abortion rates between 1994 and 2000. Despite this easy solution to one of society’s most pressing public health crises, the Bush Administration has failed to act on the Petition. Additionally, the Center is advocating for the passage of a Federal bill to fund education efforts for EC.
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