Everyone should be able to create and expand a family in whatever way is best for them. For some, pursuing adoption, foster care, assisted reproduction, donor conception, or surrogacy might be the path to parenthood. For others, families form through blending and step-parenthood or friendship and choice. But, across the country, families face obstacles to accessing the freedoms and protections necessary to not only form but secure and support their families.
That’s why Family Equality works with local and national partners to update and improve parentage laws, protect marriage equality, champion access to reproductive freedom — including access to fertility care and assisted reproduction— and advocate for improvement to paid leave policies.
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When our policy team works with legislators at every level of the government, we rely on stories from people like you to help illustrate the importance of reproductive freedom and legal protection. Fill out our simple form to share your family formation story and become a pivotal voice in the movement for equality!