Lift Louisiana, a Project of the Tides Center

Lift Louisiana builds a better future for women, girls, and gender-expansive people by advocating for reproductive health, rights, and justice. We work to ensure everyone, especially those most impacted by systemic oppression, has access to pregnancy care, abortion, comprehensive sex education, affordable contraception, and gender-affirming care. Through litigation, legislation, agency engagement, and community organizing, we are transforming systems and shifting power to create a more just and liberated Louisiana for all.

Lift Louisiana protects reproductive rights and advances reproductive justice through state law, policy, education, and community mobilization. Since our founding in 2016, we've led efforts to challenge harmful laws, build power in communities most impacted by abortion bans, and push for equitable access to reproductive health care across the state.

In 2024, we launched our Deep Canvassing program to have honest, values-based conversations about abortion in places where stigma is strongest. We've hired and trained a local team of storytellers, educators, and organizers who go door to door, listening deeply and helping neighbors reflect on their values.

We're playing the long game and using the strategy to shift how people think and talk about abortion. Our early data shows that after just one meaningful conversation, transformation can happen. This work is proof of one of Lift's fundamental beliefs: changing hearts is the first step to saving lives.

With your support, we can expand this work to more communities and keep building a Louisiana where every person is free to make decisions about their own body and future.

Testimonials

One conversation that stands out was with a woman who initially said she didn't really follow the issue. She said, "I'm not political-I just think people should be more careful." But as I gently asked questions and shared a story about a woman who experienced a miscarriage and was denied care, something shifted. You could see it in her posture, in her eyes. She started asking questions, "Wait-this actually happens here?" That moment-when someone realizes that these bans aren't just abstract policies, but life-altering realities for their neighbors-is unforgettable. It's in those moments of discovery, when people begin to connect the dots, that the work feels especially meaningful. - Bondio