Women’s Law Center

Everyone should have access to the birth control they want or need, when they want or need it, without any barriers. This is especially important for young people, people of color, and the LGBTQ+ community.1 However, when the Supreme Court unjustly overturned Roe v. Wade, it not only took away people’s constitutional right to abortion, but also laid the groundwork to eliminate the right to birth control.2 In the years that have followed, both the right and access to contraception have been increasingly under threat.3