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

Prevention First encompasses these commonsense policies: 

• Ensuring insurance coverage for birth control
• Expanding family-planning services
• Ensuring that pharmacists fill birth-control prescriptions
• Improving access to the "morning-after" pill (also called emergency contraception)
• Promoting honest, medically accurate sex education
• Supporting teen-pregnancy prevention efforts

Click here to learn more about these policies.

Prevention First Policies Enacted in the States
Click here to read about the states where policymakers put prevention first and prioritized women's health over politics.

Prevention First Highlights and Accomplishments
Click here for highlights from the Prevention First initiative, and a complete timeline of activities we have led during the past two years.

Prevention First Wins Acclaim
Click here to read rave reviews about the Prevention First initiative.

Prevention First Ads
Click here for Prevention First ads that NARAL Pro-Choice America has placed in major publications.