During the past three decades, Indiana legislators have proposed over 140 bills that would restrict access to reproductive healthcare and less than a dozen that would help people prevent unintended pregnancy.
Access to family planning services and sexuality education can help increase the quality of life for all Hoosiers. Let's tell our elected officials we want them to support real solutions for the women and men of Indiana! Tell them to support Prevention First!
Here are the four key parts of Indiana's Prevention First legislation:
Birth Control Protection—contraception is not abortion
Hoosiers should have the right to obtain and use safe and effective methods of birth control without governmental interference, and further recognizes that contraceptives do not constitute abortion.
Patient Protection—get your prescription filled
Pharmacies must ensure that a patient's prescription be filled, or find and refer the patient to another pharmacy which will fill the prescription.
Parents' Right to Know—parents should be told the truth about what their children are NOT being taught
Every Indiana high school and middle school which receives state funding must notify each students' parents in writing exactly what subjects are —and are not—being taught regarding sexuality education.
Medical accuracy—tell the truth about sexuality
Any recipient of state funding that provides information or offers programs regarding sex, family planning, pregnancy counseling, or sexually transmitted diseases shall provide medically accurate, factual information that is age-appropriate and that includes information on both abstinence and contraception for the prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, inclduing HIV/AIDS.
The need to continue working for these reasonable, common sense policies continues. The "Prevention First" approach will help prevent unintended pregnancies, reduce the number of abortions, preserve individual freedoms, and improve Hoosier health.
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Who supports Prevention First?
The Prevention First legislation is supported by the organizations in HAPA (Health Access and Privacy Alliance), including:
- American Civil Liberties, Indiana
- Clinic for Women
- Congregation Beth-el Zedeck
- Fort Wayne Women's Bureau
- Indiana Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
- Indianapolis Hadassah
- Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation
- Jewish Community Relations Council
- League of Women Voters of Indiana
- National Association of Social Workers Indiana Chapter
- National Council of Jewish Women Indianapolis Section
- National Organization for Women Indiana Chapter
- Planned Parenthood of Indiana
- Women's Med Center...
...and thousands of individual Hoosier citizens!
 Many faith groups support comprehensive sexuality education! Read IRCRC's new brochure "Religious Communities and Sexuality Education"
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