# Plain Language Summary: Disability Reproductive Equity Day

This resolution designates a day in May 2024 as "Disability Reproductive Equity Day" to raise awareness about reproductive rights and health care access for people with disabilities. It's essentially a symbolic declaration—not a law that creates new rules or funding—but it represents Congress acknowledging serious issues that people with disabilities face when it comes to making decisions about their own bodies and families.

The resolution highlights a troubling history and ongoing problems. People with disabilities have faced forced sterilization in the United States, and shockingly, 31 states still have laws on the books that technically allow it. Women with disabilities experience sexual violence at nearly twice the rate of women without disabilities, and those living in care facilities are at high risk of abuse. Beyond these dangers, people with disabilities encounter everyday barriers to reproductive health care: doctors with biased attitudes, facilities that aren't physically accessible, communication challenges, financial obstacles, and lack of trained providers. The resolution also notes that nearly 3 million reproductive-aged women with disabilities now live in states with abortion bans, which further limits their reproductive choices.

By designating this day, Congress is pledging to support reproductive autonomy for people with disabilities and calling on the President to enforce existing civil rights laws—like the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act—to ensure people with disabilities can access reproductive health care without discrimination. While this resolution doesn't change any laws or guarantee immediate action, it's a formal statement that Congress recognizes these issues matter and that people with disabilities deserve the same right as everyone else to make their own decisions about whether and when to have children.

Designating a day in May 2024, as "Disability Reproductive Equity Day".

<p>This resolution recognizes Disability Reproductive Equity Day.</p>