Comprehensive Civil Rights Protection
- Strengthen and enforce the Civil Rights Act to prevent racial, gender, sexuality sexual orientation, and disability-based discrimination.
- Expand legal aid and federal enforcement to ensure all workers can challenge violations of their rights.
- End discriminatory policing and eliminate barriers that disproportionately affect marginalized communities in the justice system.
- Ensure universal access to voting, fair housing, and equal employment opportunities.
Universal Right to Bodily Autonomy
- Women’s Rights to Equality and Full Participation - The Labor Party recognizes women’s rights as human rights and will:
- Codify federal protections for reproductive freedom, including access to contraception and abortion care.
- Outlaw discrimination in housing, healthcare, employment, and education based on sex, pregnancy, and parental status.
- Expand access to maternal healthcare, including prenatal and postnatal care, and ensure full medical coverage for women’s health needs.
- Eliminate barriers to women’s full participation in society, including wage gaps, workplace discrimination, and gender-based violence.
- Ensure every individual has complete control over their own body, free from government interference, coercion, or discrimination. This includes reproductive rights, gender-affirming care, medical decision-making, and the right to refuse medical procedures.
- Reproductive Freedom – Guarantee access to abortion, contraception, and fertility treatments without restrictions or political interference.
- Right to Refuse Forced Medical Procedures – Ban involuntary sterilizations, forced interventions, and non-consensual experimentation on incarcerated or institutionalized individuals.
LGBTQIA+ Rights to Marry and Exist Freely
- The Labor Party recognizes LGBTQIA+ rights as human rights and will:
- Codify federal protections for same-sex marriage and gender identity recognition.
- Outlaw discrimination in housing, healthcare, and employment based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
- Expand access to gender-affirming healthcare and ensure full medical coverage.
- Eliminate bans on trans people in all aspects of public life, securing full inclusion under the law.
- Gender & LGBTQIA+ Rights – Defend the right to gender-affirming healthcare and self-identification.
