Guttmacher’s Destiny Lopez testifies at US Senate on post-Dobbs abortion access
Our acting co-CEO Destiny Lopez offered powerful testimony before the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on June 4, 2024, on the state of abortion access since the Dobbs decision.
Experts from Guttmacher joined representatives from SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change, the National Black Justice Coalition and PEN America to explore cross-movement opportunities to protect and advance sexual and reproductive freedom.
Maddow-Zimet’s testimony leveraged Guttmacher’s estimates of the number of people who traveled out of state for abortion care in 2023, calling for policies that support people’s right to and ability to cross state lines in the wake of bans and restrictions.
Lopez’s testimony used Guttmacher’s latest research to highlight the shifting landscape of abortion access, calling on policymakers to champion a bold vision of abortion care that goes beyond what Roe promised.
