How to use this framework:

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This works best when you and your team can be as open and honest with yourselves as possible.

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Gather together the right people. Those people might not be who you think. But I recommend that legal and HR are involved early.

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You also need diverse representation to fill this in. Otherwise, the same systems that support the same privilege will remain in place.

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You might feel as though you don’t have everything you need, or you aren’t ready to make sweeping changes yet.

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But you can use these questions to generate a roadmap that plots actions over time. You don’t have to do everything today.

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You just have to start somewhere.

The influence that your company holds in its category, with its audience, with government, and with other businesses.

The grassroots connections that your company builds in its community, which are essential to providing care and to uplifting voices on a local level.

The internal company structures that ensure people can access necessary healthcare across their entire reproductive lives, and beyond.

The legal frameworks and processes that help keep your employees safe when accessing critical healthcare.

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• Is your company making donations to politicians/PACs that support restricting pregnant people’s reproductive rights? If so, how are you committing to ending these donations?
• How are you using your influence to protect pregnant people’s rights at a broader level?
• What levers, apart from financial, can you pull to help your employees and pregnant people across the country? (e.g., media dollars, lobbying relationships, existing donor relationships, operational systems, physical store presence)
• How can your business influence other businesses to adopt new, progressive policies and behaviors?

• How are you offering protection and safety to employees who might need access to necessary restricted healthcare? To employees who exercise their right to protest?
• How are you ensuring that the burden of this work isn’t falling solely on the people of color in your organization?
• How can employees access necessary mental health support to cope with the loss of reproductive rights and other related issues?
• How are you providing space and/or inviting people to self-organize and support one another in this difficult time?

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• Who are the local grassroots organizations where you operate, and what support do they need at this time?
• What does your business have that you can offer? (e.g., physical space, printing materials, toilet/shower facilities, safe havens, bedding, food)
• How can your employees connect with local organizations where they live and offer company resources?
• How does the company support employees’ activism in the community when they’re otherwise not working?

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• How do your policies support all pregnant people through every stage of their lives, including supporting reproductive healthcare in every circumstance? (e.g., abortion, miscarriage, pregnancy loss, IUI/IVF, menopause)
• If your company is committed to covering out-of-state abortions, are you covering transportation costs and ensuring employees’ privacy while doing so?
• Who on your team is responsible for keeping these policies updated as laws shift in the states where you operate and employ staff?
• How can your staff influence the policies and structures being created?

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Questions to get you started

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Now you try.