Q: "How Can Reproductive Rights Be Protected?".

• Position: ONE QUESTION

JAMIE L. MANSON

President of Catholics for Choice

For too long, we've allowed extremists on the religious right to control the narrative on abortion. But their delusions simply aren't the reality: According to a survey by the Pew Research Center, 68 percent of Catholics want to see Roe v. Wade remain in place.

The religious right opposes universal health care, climate change legislation, and immigrant rights. They support policies that oppress the people who are most marginalized by the sinful structures of systemic racism, gender inequality, and economic inequality.

We must engage and embolden people of faith to speak out about their support for access to the full range of reproductive health care--not in spite of their faith, but because of it. We have the moral high ground here, and it's time to claim it.

RENEE BRACEY SHERMAN

Founder and executive director of We Testify

As the Supreme Court prepares to allow more abortion bans and states criminalize and fine anyone having or supporting someone having an abortion, the future is more grim than our ore-Roe past. The frustrating truth is that many of the structural changes we needed to protect abortion access should have been implemented during the Obama Administration, or tirelessly fought for when the Hyde Amendment--the federal ban on Medicaid-covered abortions--was first introduced.

Still, there are things we can do to protect and expand access. Local governments can set aside funding to ensure residents are able to afford and physically get to their appointments--and we can donate to our local abortion funds and clinics. We can pressure district attorneys to not prosecute people suspected of self-managing abortions. We can educate ourselves on the medication...