Webinar Resources: Reproductive Health Care is Foundational to Thriving

Youth Leaders Told Us

• Regardless of where they live, young people are concerned about further regressive measures, especially targeting queer and trans individuals.
• They need accurate and trustworthy information to push back against stigmatizing narratives.
• They rely on community-based organizations that provide education, medical care, testing, and other services related to reproductive health equity and word-of-mouth recommendations to find care.
• They need peer support and safe spaces where they are listened to and can advocate for themselves effectively.
• They want their basic needs met without having to fight so hard.

What Funders Can Do

• Support programs that focus on youth reproductive health issues. 
• Listen to young people in your community.
• Support comprehensive approaches that go beyond access to medical procedures to include health education, mental health support, transportation costs, lost wages and more.
• Amplify narratives to dispel stigmatizing social norms around sexuality and gender to improve health care outcomes.

Learn More About Reproductive Health and Justice

• In Our Words: The Impact of the Overturning of Roe v. Wade on Girls, Young Women, and Gender Expansive Young People of Color.
• Self-Taught: The Podcast – A podcast from foster youth for foster youth, with conversations we wish we had while growing up.
• The Reproductive Health Equity Project