With An Exclusive Foreword By Vice President Kamala Harris
In 2017, Her Campus published Our Bodies, Our Rules, a look at how college students felt about reproductive rights in the wake of the 2016 election. Then in 2022, we followed it up with Our Bodies, Our Rights to share Gen Zers’ response to the rollback of Roe v. Wade.
Now, we’ve launched Our Bodies, Our Votes, a collection of stories from courageous Gen Zers about their experiences with reproductive rights and their calls to action as the 2024 U.S. election draws near.
How Do Her Campus Readers Feel About Their Reproductive Freedom?
In August 2024, we surveyed our audience to find out. Here's what they said.
Editors: Lexi Williams, Allison Piwowarski • Designers: Sumi Dey, Neula Ha © Her Campus Media 2024.
would likely end a romantic relationship over differing views on reproductive rights.
62%
The presidential candidate who most closely represents respondents’ views on reproductive rights:
70%
Vice President Kamala Harris
*remaining respondents selected unsure or other
16%
Former President Donald Trump
are comfortable talking to family members about their stance on abortion and reproductive rights.
68%
are comfortable talking to friends about their stance on abortion and reproductive rights.
75%
The majority are in favor of protecting or expanding access to:
88%
Birth control
83%
Sex education
74%
Permanent birth control (e.g. tubal ligation and vasectomies)
78%
Emergency contraception
69%
Fertility assistance (e.g. IVF)
of respondents support legal abortion in at least some circumstances.
96%
In Our Bodies, Our Votes, Gen Z Is Speaking Up About Repro Rights Ahead Of The Election
Read their calls to action.
LEXI WILLIAMS
LETTER
FROM THE
EDITOR
Young people have always been at the forefront of change. In 2020, young voters elected me the first woman Vice President in the history of our country. In 2022, young voters turned out in historic numbers to protect abortion rights in states from Michigan to Kentucky. And this November, it will be young people again who lead the fight to restore reproductive freedom across our nation.
As you know, this election is the most consequential of our lifetimes. Freedom is on the ballot. And the contrast could not be more clear. If Donald Trump is elected, he could ban abortion nationwide — even in states that currently protect reproductive rights. When I am elected, I will proudly sign a bill into law that restores reproductive freedom.
Her Campus’s Our Bodies, Our Votes is an exciting initiative that will connect you with new data about the threats to reproductive rights across the country, the work underway to win this election, and the powerful stories of courageous young women around the country who are bravely speaking out about the stakes and fighting back. Women like Hadley Duvall, Taylor Shelton, and Rachel Knoebl. They remind us that your vote is your voice and your voice is your power. And you must never let anyone take your power away.
Dear Her Campus Readers,
Young people have always been at the forefront of change. In 2020, young voters elected me the first woman Vice President in the history of our country. In 2022, young voters turned out in historic numbers to protect abortion rights in states from Michigan to Kentucky. And this November, it will be young people again who lead the fight to restore reproductive freedom across our nation.
As you know, this election is the most consequential of our lifetimes. Freedom is on the ballot. And the contrast could not be more clear. If Donald Trump is elected, he could ban abortion nationwide — even in states that currently protect reproductive rights. When I am elected, I will proudly sign a bill into law that restores reproductive freedom.
Her Campus’s Our Bodies, Our Votes is an exciting initiative that will connect you with new data about the threats to reproductive rights across the country, the work underway to win this election, and the powerful stories of courageous young women
around the country who are bravely speaking out about the stakes and fighting back. Women like Hadley Duvall, Taylor Shelton, and Rachel Knoebl. They remind us that your vote is your voice and your voice is your power. And you must never let anyone take your power away.
Dear Her Campus Readers,
Young people have always been at the forefront of change. In 2020, young voters elected me the first woman Vice President in the history of our country. In 2022, young voters turned out in historic numbers to protect abortion rights in states from Michigan to Kentucky. And this November, it will be young people again who lead the fight to restore reproductive freedom across our nation.
As you know, this election is the most consequential of our lifetimes. Freedom is on the ballot. And the contrast could not be more clear. If Donald Trump is elected, he could ban abortion nationwide — even in states that currently protect reproductive rights. When I am elected, I will proudly sign a bill into law that restores reproductive freedom.
Her Campus’s Our Bodies, Our Votes is an exciting initiative that will connect you with new data about the threats to reproductive rights across the country, the work underway to win this election, and the powerful stories of courageous young women
around the country who are bravely speaking out about the stakes and fighting back. Women like Hadley Duvall, Taylor Shelton, and Rachel Knoebl. They remind us that your vote is your voice and your voice is your power. And you must never let anyone take your power away.
Dear Her Campus Readers,