The Model City recognizes that abortion is essential health care and takes all necessary steps to ensure that access to that care is safe, affordable, protected, and free from stigma or criminalization. The Model City addresses the deceptive practices of anti-abortion pregnancy centers (AAPCs), protects safe access to abortion clinics, bans discrimination based on reproductive health decisions, and more.

The Model City budget reflects the city’s values by providing funding to fully meet the need for high-quality, patient-centered reproductive health care and services, including abortion. The city brings an equity lens to its funding process.

The Model City equips young people with the sexual and reproductive health information and services they need to make the best decisions for themselves regarding their health, relationships, families, and futures.

The Model City supports every resident’s right to create, raise, and support their families in a healthy, safe, and secure environment through policies like paid family leave, supportive lactation policies, protection against discrimination based on pregnancy and family status, and more.

The Model City is committed to health, economic security, safety, and autonomy for all people, inclusive of their many identities. Its initiatives and programs include things such as positive sexual and reproductive health public awareness campaigns, “shield” laws for survivors, pro-democracy initiatives, and more.

The Model City establishes its social justice values, including its support for reproductive freedom, through resolutions and public statements. The city speaks out on local-, state-, and federal-level reproductive health, rights, and justice issues that impact its residents.