October 14, 2024
For immediate release
Washington, DC - The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) announced today that it is launching a major effort to support reproductive rights ballot measures that will be on the ballot in 10 states on November 5. Elements of the campaign include broadcast ads, online promotions, formal endorsements, and initiatives connecting ASRM members from around the country directly to fellow voters.
Voters in ten states will have the opportunity to weigh in on reproductive rights-related ballot measures on election day. Since the 2022 Dobbs decision, voters have consistently voted in favor of protecting abortion access and reproductive healthcare. We have seen anti-choice politicians and groups, fearful of this national groundswell of support for reproductive freedom, mount efforts at deception, obfuscation, and intimidation in many of these states.
"ASRM and its members want to send a very clear message: we will not sit idly by while politicians seek to come between us and our patients. Given the stakes and the onslaught of misinformation and anti-democratic tactics from opponents, we have no choice but to be actively involved. As we have with every reproductive-related ballot measure since the dangerous Dobbs decision, we intend to fight, and we intend to win," said Sean Tipton, Chief Advocacy and Policy Officer for ASRM.