Abortion care is health care. Advocacy and involvement can take multiple forms and are essential to saving women’s lives and preserving fertility.
Get involved, make a change, your action is important.
Stay abreast of reproductive news!
Listen to Dr. Jonas Swartz's podcast called OUTLAWED, which focuses on ‘abortion for everyone.’
Subscribe to Dr. Jessica Valenti’s free newsletter providing updates across the US each day regarding abortion care.
Sign up for informational alerts regarding reproductive freedom from trusted sources, including the Guttmacher Institute and Autonomy News.
Improve the care you provide right now!
Familiarize yourself with local access to care by searching for abortion care in your zip code.
Know your local laws with this guide created by the Abortion Defense Network. If you or your patients encounter legal questions related to abortion care in your practice, contact Repro Hotline for free.
Seek specialized training in reproductive advocacy through Physicians for Reproductive Health. Support your trainees in getting this training.
Share your story!
Find and share stories that resonate with your community through trusted venues like Abortion in America. First person accounts can avoid polarizing discourse and break down stigma.
Providers can share deidentified stories through Care Post Roe (UCSF IRB approved). These stories are used in advocacy to center conversations on lived experience and impact.
Invest & improve education to protect future care
Include contraception in lectures to medical and PhD students so this is not siloed to OBGYNs
Beyond the pill has patient facing information about birth control
Society of Family Planning guidelines for contraception in the setting of cancer and survivorship
Model evidence-based discussions about abortion, including counseling and technical aspects with free videos from Innovating Education
Invest in programs where learners gain hands on skills in abortion care as students or residents:
Ryan Residency Training Program for OBGYNs
RHEDI Program for Family Medicine residents
Donate!
Help people seeking abortion care
Brigid Alliance provides financial assistance for procedural and medication abortion, including people who must travel for care
MAP provides nationwide telemedicine medication abortion
Fund Access Forward provides grants to clinics and programs to protect access in resource limited settings
Stand up. Speak out. Fight for what is right. Thank you!