The values of freedom and personal responsibility are the basis of our Prevention First initiative.  Through Prevention First, NARAL Pro-Choice America and our network of state affiliates are promoting the following commonsense policies to prevent unintended pregnancy and reduce the need for abortion: 

• Insurance coverage for birth control
• Family-planning services
• Stopping pharmacists from refusing to fill birth control prescriptions
• Improving access to the "morning-after" pill (also called emergency contraception)
• Honest, comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education
• Teen-pregnancy prevention

Click here to learn more about these policy initiatives.

98%. Birth Control. Something we can all agree on.
98% of American women have used a form of birth control during their reproductive lives. 98% is our call to national leaders: Stop blocking women's access to birth control. Americans across the country have shared in their own words the reasons they care so deeply about women's access to birth control. Click here to learn more, and add your voice.

Timeline of NARAL Pro-Choice America's Prevention First initiative
NARAL Pro-Choice America has long championed the value of preventing unintended pregnancy.  In 2005, we redoubled our efforts:  we called on President Bush and his allies who oppose a woman's right to choose to join us in common ground efforts to prevent unintended pregnancy and reduce the need for abortion.  Click here to read a timeline to learn about the legislative, grassroots and media-related actions we have led.