Advocacy for women’s health is closely connected to our advocacy for equity in education and economic security. And it encompasses more than support for reproductive rights.
Here are ways in which AAUW WA is addressing Women’s Health issues:
- Women’s Health is one of our Public Policy Priorities
- Our Women’s Health Care Summit, “Health Matters: Advocating for Washington Women,” addressed the many issues that women face in our state.
- In a letter to the editor of the Seattle Times, our state president expressed support for long-term care as a women’s equity issue.
- We are working in coalition with the Washington ACLU on Keep Our Care Act.
We advocate for national AAUW priorities:
We refer our members to these resources
- League of Women Voters of Washington, Elder Caregiving Study
- KFF Women’s Health Survey
- KFF, A New Women’s Reproductive Health Landscape?
- Guttmacher Institute, Major Developments in Sexual and Reproductive Health (state legislation tracker)
- Guttmacher Institute, Contraception USA
- Guttmacher Institute, Family Planning Impact of the Trump Foreign Assistance Freeze
- Center for Reproductive Rights, Our Issues
- Trump Administration Reinstates the Global Gag Rule
The National Women’s Health Network (NWHN), a major source of data for AAUW, is closed as of December 24, 2024.
Updated February 19, 2025