; Whereas reproductive and sexual health care providers administer high-quality, essential health care, and play a critical role in ensuring people are able to make decisions about their bodies and lives with dignity, empathy, compassion, and respect; Whereas no one should be criminalized for any pregnancy outcome; Whereas no one should be criminalized for providing essential health care; Whereas the threat of criminalization or prosecution can result in negative outcomes by intimidating people from seeking or providing care; Whereas health care providers have an ethical obligation to provide essential care to their patients and to protect the private medical information integral to the patient-provider relationship; Whereas Indigenous people, Afro-descendant people, people of color, people with low incomes, people living in rural areas, people with disabilities, migrants, LGBTQ+ individuals, and other marginalized individuals are disproportionately likely to be surveilled, arrested, charged, prosecuted, convicted, and heavily punished within the criminal justice system; Whereas Indigenous people, Afro-descendant people, people of color, people with low incomes, people living in rural areas, people with disabilities, migrants, LGBTQ+ individuals, and other marginalized individuals are more likely, due to persistent disparities, to experience adverse pregnancy outcomes that place them under the scrutiny of the legal system; Whereas limiting access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including access to abortion, also limits pathways to economic, social, and political empowerment; Whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights are intrinsically linked to gender justice and improved health outcomes for women and their children; Whereas abortion is recognized as essential public health care as determined by the World Health Organization (WHO)