Do not take anything for granted. When discrimination reaches the levels of dehumanization that are being seen currently in Afghanistan, Palestine, and more. As a global community, we are required to stand up together to say “no” to gender apartheid.
Call your representatives and have them support the Rejecting the Erasure of Afghan Women and Girls Act.
Read about the women of Afghanistan, share their stories, and uphold their voices.
Read MoreTo stay up-to-date on their important work, follow CGRE on LinkedIn!
Look into local organizations and see where you can contribute your talent! Be an advocate within your community by volunteering for campaigns you believe in. Not sure where to start in your immediate community? Look into online groups like Red Wine & Blue and Ultraviolet!
Read MoreFollow the Center for Reproductive Rights on Facebook and X.
Access Center for Reproductive Right’s new report, Litigation Since Roe Fell: Four Years of Chaos, Defending Against Attacks, and Building New Rights in the Courts, here. You can also find the Society for Family Planning’s #WeCount report here.
Always vote your values, and remember that, in some states, judges are elected.
Read MoreFollow Madiba Dennie on X!
You can find Madiba Dennie’s writing with Balls and Strikes here. Her most recent piece on the trans sports ban case is accessible here. Check out her book, The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take it Back.
Many states elect their judges. Change what the judiciary looks like at your local level!
Read MoreFollow We Testify on Facebook and Twitter to keep up-to-date on their essential work. You can also sign up to receive We Testify newsletters here.
You can also to get involved with We Testify, find more abortion stories, or share your abortion story.
Love the episode art? Find more of graphic artist Sage M. Coffey’s work here!
Read MoreTo stay up-to-date on their important work, follow NFPRHA on Facebook and X!
Hold your state-level elected officials accountable for minimizing Medicaid coverage losses and push for family planning eligibility expansion. Consider the interconnected nature of healthcare and the far-reaching implications of cuts to Medicaid.
Using the Title X Clinic Locator, look into the Title X clinics near you! Even if you don’t need care, learning about the health centers in your community gives you the ability to advocate for them and generate visibility.
Read MoreFollow the National Partnership for Women and Families on X and Instagram.
Listen to moms and amplify the stories of BIPOC birthing people. You can find NPWF’s research, Four Years Post-Dobbs, Clinic Closures and Attacks on Medication Abortion Harm Women of Color Nationwide, and OBBBA Is Threatening Women’s Health Care Access here.
Call on your elected officials to protect care for pregnant people. EMTALA can be enshrined at the state level, so contact your state representatives and urge them to enforce the law of the land.
Learn more about the closure of rural hospitals in the U.S. in a past podcast featuring Ashley Kurzweil here.
Read MoreLearn more about the Massachusetts Medication Abortion Access Project here. You can also learn more about Cambridge Reproductive Health Consultants and follow them on LinkedIn and Bluesky.
Post information about medication abortion and shield law providers so that misinformation gets busted. Get the word out! If you are in a state with a total ban or a near-total ban, you can reach out to MAP and request grassroots packets that include stickers, flyers, etc. to place around your community.
Read MoreFollow Shannon on Instagram at Badass Cross Stitch on Instagram.
Find Shannon’s book, Let's Move the Needle: An Activism Handbook for Artists, Crafters, Creatives, and Makers; Build Community and Make Change! on Bookshop.org.
Adopt an artistic craft. It doesn’t have to be serious; it just needs to be creative and fun time afforded to you every day that makes you feel happy. Find ways to intersect that art with your activism.
Read MoreFollow the National Abortion Federation on Facebook and Instagram.
Find the full NAF 2025 Violence & Disruption Report here.
Vote your values and your conscience. Until then, be active in your communities. While the federal government has stepped back from enforcing the FACE Act, states can enforce FACE civilly. Reach out to your state representatives and stress the importance of the act’s civil enforcement.
Reach out to your local abortion fund and figure out ways to get involved, whether that’s volunteering, donating, or something else.
Read MoreBe aware of the way pronatalism creeps into every space, including climate change, housing, and more.
Play defense. Call your local house reps and senators to take action against any pronatalist bills making their way through state legislatures. Advocate for actual pro-family values in policy, including paid leave, contraception access, housing, and universal pre-k.
Read MoreFind Dr. Grace Howard’s new book, The Pregnancy Police: Conceiving Crime, Arresting Personhood, on bookshop.org.
Learn more about Dr. Grace Howard’s work on her website.
If you are a health care provider, consider not drug testing your pregnant patients (only a few states require mandated reporters) and be more cautious about what you choose to write down on a chart. If a prosecutor in your jurisdiction is fudging the law, vote them out. Generate outrage—on social media or via protest. If you need follow up care after taking abortion pills, you do not have to tell medical staff that you have previously taken abortion pills.
If you can, donate to and support organizations like If/When/How and Pregnancy Justice, which seek to protect the human and legal rights of those criminalized for their pregnancy outcomes. You can also support the Movement for Family Power and Just Making a Change for Families.
Read MoreTo stay up-to-date on their important work, follow Democracy Forward on Instagram and Bluesky. Skye’s book, Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times, will be released in the late summer. All of the proceeds will go to Democracy Forward in representing clients pro-bono.
Do not give up. You are not alone; advocates and communities come together every single day to fight for everyone’s rights. Exercise your right to vote.
Be mindful about the information you are consuming and sharing.
Support abortion funds and independent clinics!
Read MoreFollow We Testify on Facebook and Twitter to keep up-to-date on their essential work. You can also sign up to receive We Testify newsletters here.
You can also to get involved with We Testify, find more abortion stories, or share your abortion story.
Love the episode art? Find more of graphic artist Sage M. Coffey’s work here!
Read MoreFollow Rewire News Group on Instagram and X here.
Pester your representatives about Court reform. You can call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.
Dig into your local communities! Community-building is an antidote to fascism. Find out what the policies are in YOUR state. You can access the rePROs Fight Back 50-State Report Card and start there!
You can access the Boom! Lawyered archives and B*tch Listen archives here.
Read MoreFollow We Testify on Facebook and Twitter to keep up-to-date on their essential work. You can also sign up to receive We Testify newsletters here.
You can also to get involved with We Testify, find more abortion stories, or share your abortion story.
Love the episode art? Find more of graphic artist Sage M. Coffey’s work here!
Read MoreTo learn more about All Options, click here. Donate to the Hoosier Abortion Fund or an abortion fund in your state! If giving is difficult right now, you can also see if it is possible to volunteer your time or skills. Never forget the power of your vote.
Take care of your friends and family. If someone you know needs an abortion, give a ride, babysit during their appointment, or offer other practical assistance.
To learn more about crisis pregnancy centers, listen to rePROs’ past podcast episode here.
Read MoreFollow National Health Law Program on Facebook and Bluesky.
Find out what doula access looks like in your state! Access the Doula Medicaid Project here. You can also find the Doula Medicaid Interactive Map here. Reach out to doulas, doula coalitions, and doula groups in your state that could use your time or resources.
Consider speaking to your legislators about doula care. When advocating to your legislators, continue to uplift the importance of doula care particularly for BIPOC communities.
Read MoreFollow Preston Mitchum on X and find Preston’s website here.
Remember that family is not a fixed entity. Rather, it is something that we build, maintain, and protect. Legal and biological connection does not make a relationship less legitimate than the next; that hierarchy leads to harmful assumptions about what family is.
Read MoreFollow Media Matters for America on Bluesky and Facebook and stay up to date with their important work.
Have conversations with both women and men in your life about the casual misogyny prolific on the internet. If you have men or young boys in your life, discuss the dangers of misogynistic rhetoric with them.
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