25 Reasons to Support Reproductive rights are fundamental human The moral imperative of choice Provide access safe reproductive healthcare Enable legalized safe affordable abortion care minors and adults make their own decisions about birth control pregnancy Reduce unwanted pregnancies Include essential health services counseling family planning STD prevention testing treatment Assisted reproduction infertility treatments Protect after rape or incest Prohibit involuntary sterilization childbirth people with the knowledge resources they need decide when — if having children is right for them Promote help sustain gender equality fully exercise sexual maternal prenatal risk death Help prevent child marriage HIV/AIDS reduce violence Prevent unsafe abortions