Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards says the Women’s March on Washington was the largest march in the history of the United States. “Fully one in every hundred people in this country was marching somewhere.” And what was so important, says Richards, is that the 4 million men and women who marched weren’t just in Washington, DC,…

Louise Melling has optimism when she goes to work every day at the American Civil Liberties Union because she believes the right for women and men to access abortion is important for people to take care of their families and participate in any aspect of life. Melling sees people “understanding what the threat is and…

Nancy Northup saw “unbelievable” support at the women’s marches in the United States and in Poland in 2016 in response to a controversial proposal to ban abortion. She leads the Center for Reproductive Rights and is hopeful because of the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in Whole Woman’s Health v Hellerstedt that protects access to…

Kalpana Krishnamurthy is a senior policy director at Forward Together where she sees multiracial and multi-generational families advocating together for reproductive and social justice. She is most excited about the response to art. She’s seeing “the creation of beautiful art that is sharing the values we’re holding in the moment,” whether it’s art to protect…

Latanya Mapp Frett, who runs Planned Parenthood’s global programs, saw the spirit of solidarity in women’s marches in Ghana, Burkina Faso, India, and the United Kingdom. She says people around the world understand that women’s access to reproductive health services is connected to their education, ability to earn income, and ultimately to social and economic…

EngenderHealth’s Ulla Müller sees men and women standing up and together to protect and promote women’s rights.  Müller says the reinstated Mexico City Policy banning U.S. aid to international organizations that provide any abortion counseling or services with funding from other sources means “women will die” because “access to choice and to contraception is life-saving.” …

Planned Parenthood’s Dawn Laguens, along with the organization’s staff and volunteers, are motivated every day by the people they serve. Laguens says they are there for the Americans who rely on Planned Parenthood’s information and services as they try to build their families, make their careers, and achieve their dreams.

Rachel Gold, of the Guttmacher Institute, says data brings a “substantive foundation” to debates and reflects the reality of people’s lives. And she sees students, the media, policymakers, and increasingly the business community, using data and evidence to connect what people see in their own lives “to the larger story and the larger dimension of…