URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity

URGE was co-founded in 1992 by Gloria Steinem, an American feminist, activist, and writer.[3] The organization's first projects analyzed the activities of the religious right in elections and promoted electoral participation by women, young people, and people of color.

In recent years, the organization has focused its efforts on mobilizing people under 30, on and off college campuses, in support of abortion rights, comprehensive sex education, and access to sexual health and wellness services.[4][5] Specifically, URGE has partnered with other organizations including with All* Above All to “proclaim abortion access as a public good” and overturn the Hyde Amendment, which excludes abortions from covered Medicaid services[6]

In 2005, URGE (then known as Choice USA) focused on defeating California Proposition 73, which would have amended the California Constitution to ban performance of abortions on minors until 48 hours after the minor's parent or guardian was notified by a physician.[7]

In 2006, URGE (then known as Choice USA) and the Latina Institute for Reproductive Health hosted the Young Women's Collaborative training, the first training for what would later become the Southwest Partnership, in Tucson, AZ.[8]

URGE was a co-sponsor of the 2017 Women's March.[9]

• Reproductive rights
• Reproductive health
• Reproductive Justice

• URGE Records [labeled as Choice USA records] at the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College