Sexual & Reproductive Health: Health Equity

Sexual and reproductive health equity means that all people have the access to high-quality health care and health-related social needs, legal rights, and power necessary to attain their highest attainable standard of sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing. 

The National Health Law Program fights for a future marked by sexual and reproductive health equity for all through our Medicaid and nondiscrimination advocacy. We advocate for stronger implementation and enforcement of federal civil rights protections against sexual and reproductive health care discrimination. We push for solutions to Medicaid eligibility gaps that either target or affect underserved communities (e.g., the Medicaid expansion coverage gap and various immigrant coverage gaps). And we champion legal and policy reforms to strengthen underserved populations’ access to contraception, abortion, pregnancy care, assisted reproduction, sexual health care, and gender-affirming care for Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQI+ people, immigrants, and young people. This page features our related resources.

Discrimination in Sexual and Reproductive Health Care

Population Health Equity