Even before Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion were overturned in 2022, reproductive care was denied to many.

Barriers to abortion continue to disproportionately impact women of color, low-income women, and immigrant women. As AAPI women and girls, we know the terrible impact these restrictions have on our lives.

At NAPAWF, we’re fighting to make sure every person can make decisions about their bodies, sexuality, and reproductive health. So we can choose if, when, and how to grow our families, access sexual and reproductive health resources that make sense for us. As we fight for our most basic bodily rights, we’re dedicated to building structural change through policymaking, awareness campaigns, and community engagement.

Beyond the Labels: AAPI Women on Abortion Care, Dignity, and Criminalization

As abortion bans expand nationwide, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women are navigating a policy landscape that increasingly destabilizes our health, safety, and dignity. Since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization repealed Roe v. Wade in 2022, lawmakers in many states have moved swiftly to pass and enforce abortion bans, resulting in widespread confusion, fear, and hundreds of criminalized cases nationwide. The impact falls hardest on AAPI women already navigating economic insecurity, precarious immigration status, caregiving responsibilities, and limited access to culturally and linguistically appropriate care.

Beyond the Labels is the largest national, multilingual Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) abortion study of its kind, with groundbreaking qualitative and quantitative findings about how AAPI women across more than 25 ethnicities are thinking about and engaging with abortion rights. Despite the AAPI population being the fastest-growing racial group in the United States, composed of over 24 million individuals from over 50 ethnic groups, AAPI-specific research on abortion remains rare.

Developed with Lake Research Partners and Sprout Insight, this study represents a snapshot of abortion perspectives during the summer and fall of 2025 among AAPI women. These findings reflect the attitudes and knowledge of abortion, barriers that members of the AAPI community face, and the messages that resonate.

The full report includes insights from our focus groups, effectiveness of specific messages, and more! Read more→

Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in the AANHPI Community: Understanding Barriers to Access in Georgia

In partnership with Emory University’s Center for Reproductive Health Research in the Southeast (RISE), this report explores access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care and to identify the individual, community, and policy-level barriers that Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities face in accessing care.

Very little research has explored the barriers to accessing sexual and reproductive health care for AANHPIs in the United States. Previous studies with AANHPI communities have revealed economic disparities, varying levels of SRH knowledge, and a range of obstacles to medication abortion access. This project focuses on one of the most understudied and fastest-growing ethnic groups in Georgia, addressing a critical gap in the research. Read more→

Medication abortion among AANHPIs

This first-of-its-kind study examines Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) experiences with medication abortion. Read More→

Fighting the Criminalization of Pregnancy Outcomes

In 2016, we supported the release of Purvi Patel, an Indian American woman who was wrongly criminalized and the first woman to ever have to go to jail for terminating her own pregnancy. Read about the fight.