Whereas, in the United States, there are approximately 1 in 4 adults with disabilities, 1 in 10 people with disabilities who are able to become pregnant, and approximately 4,100,000 parents with disabilities; Whereas this country has witnessed a long history of reproductive coercion impacting people with disabilities, including through the discriminatory Supreme Court decision Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200 (1927), which upheld State laws authorizing involuntary sterilization of people with disabilities and which has never been overturned; Whereas 31 States and Washington, DC currently have laws explicitly allowing the forced sterilization of people with disabilities; Whereas people with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in congregate care facilities are at an increased risk of physical and sexual abuse, and the majority of these abuses go unreported; Whereas women with disabilities are almost twice as likely as women without disabilities to experience sexual violence in their lifetime; Whereas people with disabilities face unique barriers when accessing reproductive health care and exercising their reproductive and sexual health, autonomy, and freedom, including— (1) harmful stereotypes about, and attitudes towards, people with disabilities; (2) legal barriers and lack of consent due to guardianship; (3) financial barriers; (4) language and communication barriers; (5) delays in receiving preventative services; (6) a lack of accessible health care facilities, medical diagnostic equipment, and travel; and (7) a lack of health care providers with training on, and knowledge of, the needs of people with disabilities receiving reproductive health care; Whereas people with and without disabilities want children at the same frequency, but people with disabilities are less likely to receive contraception counseling and timely prenatal care, experience a higher rate of sterilization, and are at a greater risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes