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Public Support
American men and women have been constant and strong in their support of values central to the American dream. These core values fuel our efforts to strengthen reproductive health and rights in America:
The overwhelming majority of Americans support family planning:
Ninety-one percent of those polled agree that couples should be able to have access to birth control options. It's their decision whether to use birth control, but it should be safe and available.1 The vast majority of Americans (86%) believe that we need to respect people's ability to make their own life decisions and not impose our values and views upon them.1 More than three quarters believe "For women to achieve equality, they must have access to family planning services, including birth control." (78%) and "For teenagers, prevention starts with comprehensive sex education including abstinence. But, if we are serious about wanting to decrease unintended pregnancies, we also need to make sure birth control is widely available and accessible." (76%)1 Eighty-six percent agree, "On comprehensive sex education, schools can do a good job, probably better than most parents on biological and scientific aspects of sex education, but it is a parent's job to provide the moral and ethical guidance." 1 When 38% of Americans name the reproductive issue that concerns them most, it is "too many unwanted children in America whose parents can't take care of them."1 76% of those surveyed strongly agreed that we should do everything we can to try to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies in America through common-sense measures such as comprehensive sex education and access to contraception.2
Voters strongly favor several possible pieces of legislation for Congress:
76% would prefer that schools teach comprehensive sex education.2 73% favor making it easier for women at all income levels to obtain contraceptives.2 73% want pharmacies to be required to dispense contraception to patients without discrimination or delay.2
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