‘We’re doubling down’: how abortion advocates are building on midterm wins

Pro-choice activists are focusing on expanding abortion access, voter registration and education, and shield laws for providers

Renee Bracey Sherman answers the phone and apologizes - is it OK if we speak while she drives? Like many abortion advocates, she tends to keep a packed schedule and talk at lightning speed - the next initiative, the next law, the next policy on the horizon. Ask advocates how they felt in June after the Dobbs decision sharply curtailed reproductive rights across the US, or in November after wins in the midterm elections signaled strong public support for abortion, and they'll answer immediately: We knew this was coming; but the fight's not over.

What Bracey Sherman - founder and executive director of We Testify, a group focused on the leadership and representation of people who have abortions - and her colleagues in the pro-choice movement don't spend much time doing is elaborating on the past, or how they mourned or celebrated, because it's already in the rear-view window. Their eyes are laser-focused on the future.