Connecticut Democrats are committed to full gender justice and equality for all people, grounded in an intersectional understanding of how race, class, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, immigration status, and geography shape lived experience. We affirm that reproductive justice is essential to human dignity, the right to have children, to not have children, and to raise children in safe, healthy, and well-resourced communities.

Connecticut Democrats unequivocally believe and will defend that every person has the right to make their own decisions about their body, their family, and their future, supported by evidence-based health and science recommendations. That means ensuring access to high-quality, comprehensive reproductive and sexual health care, including contraception, abortion, fertility and infertility care, gender-affirming care, maternal and postpartum care, miscarriage management, and STI prevention and treatment without stigma, coercion, or political interference. We will address the racial, economic, and disability-based disparities that produce unequal pregnancy and birth outcomes, especially for black women, and we will protect gender-affirming care as a core component of bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom.

Gender justice also requires economic justice, safety, and political power. We will fight to end gender-based violence and coercive control, support survivors of sexual assault and harassment with trauma-informed responses, and prevent exploitation and human trafficking through survivor-led, community-based strategies. We will fight for workplace equity, paid family and medical leave, fair scheduling, strong labor protections, and real pay equity that closes the gender and racial wage gap. We are committed to electing more women and gender-diverse people, particularly women of color, LGBTQIA+ people, and people with disabilities  to public office at every level of government.

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