Bodily Autonomy

Every Nebraskan deserves full bodily autonomy — the right to make their own health care decisions, access reproductive care, and live free from discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. True freedom means the government cannot control our bodies, dictate our identities, or deny us equality. Bodily autonomy is one of our priority issue areas in our 2025-2028 Strategic Plan. This work encompasses both LGBTQ+ rights and reproductive freedom.

A rally attendee holds a sign at an abortion rights protest in Omaha reading "Keep your policies off my body."

What you need to know

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The Guttmacher Institute estimates about 1 in 4 women will seek abortion care in their lifetime, a number that has stayed steady over the last decade.

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All Nebraska families deserve respect and inclusion. According to the Williams Institute, 32% of LGBTQ+ Nebraskans are currently raising children.

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Omaha is Nebraska's only city with local workplace and public accommodation protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

The reality is that we are at risk of losing fundamental rights of personal freedom and autonomy.

Politicians and anti-abortion activists aim to follow Nebraska’s 12-week abortion ban with a total abortion ban, putting reproductive freedom at even greater risk. And unregulated pregnancy centers, which receive both state funding and tax incentives, deceive Nebraskans, violate privacy, perpetuate stigma, and fuel the anti-abortion movement with little oversight or accountability.

Meanwhile, Nebraska lawmakers and the federal government continue to push policies that deny transgender people’s existence — restricting gender-affirming care for young Nebraskans, redefining sex to exclude trans individuals, and forcing schools to discriminate against students who don’t conform to rigid gender norms.

Our goals aim to meet this moment. We will strive to:

Protect and advance reproductive freedom. This means blocking further limits on abortion and contraception, protecting existing rights, and dispelling stigma about abortion in collaboration with our coalition partners.
Ensure medical care in incarceration, protecting the right to receive health care for all of those currently incarcerated, including abortion and the needs of transgender individuals.
Stop attacks on trans rights, preventing new legislation, regulations, or government actions that restrict trans rights, including further bans on gender-affirming care and public spaces access, in close collaboration with allies, coalitions, and impacted community members.