Episode 279 Action Items

Follow the National Health Law Program on Bluesky and Facebook.

Keep an eye on and engage in your state’s legislative sessions and their implications for sexual and reproductive health and rights.

If you are a federal advocate, engage in administrative advocacy, comment writing, or meetings with Office of Management and Budget. If you are a state advocate, work with your state Medicaid agency to mitigate damage. You can also check out the Medicaid Advisory Committee.

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Episode 277 Action Items

Read more pieces and subscribe to Autonomy News here. You can also follow Autonomy News on Instagram and Bluesky.

Donate to your local abortion fund. Sustain care in your communities by supporting local organizations as opposed to national ones.

Remember that what is happening in Palestine, beyond being an appalling humanitarian crisis, is a reproductive justice disaster, too. Check out the Sameer Project to engage in tangible support.

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Episode 274 Action Items

Follow Amy Littlefield on X and keep up with Patient Forward’s work. 

Find Amy’s piece in the Nation, What Would It Mean to Defend All Abortions?here. You can also find Amy’s new book, not yet available for pre-order from Bookshop.com but available for pre-order from Barnes & Noble, here.

Support your local abortion funds, or organizations that specifically help with abortions later in pregnancy, including Patient Forward and the Brigid Alliance.

Be loud in your rejection of abortion bans! Demand a true reproductive pregnancy framework. To help determine that, you can go to unpunishpregnancy.com

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Episode 272 Action Items

Follow In Our Own Voice on Facebook and X.

Read the 2025 Black Reproductive Justice Policy Agenda. Take the information you learn from In Our Own Voice back to your friends, family, and loved ones. Continue to support the grassroots organizations in your community that are sounding the alarm and doing endless work to protect health and rights.

Contact your elected official and let them know that you are not happy with recent policies and explain how it affects you. You can reach the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.

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Episode 269 Action Items

Find Carole and David’s book, After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe but Not Abortion on Bookshop.org.

 

Spread the word that, despite Dobbs, abortion providers, leaders, and advocates are still doing important work. Spread the word that knowledge and resources are still accessible.

Think nationally and act locally. Escort at your local clinic, join a local support group, or support your local abortion fund. Pay attention to, and stay involved in, national and local electoral politics.

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Episode 267 Action Items

Contact your state representative. Tell them that this is an issue that is important to you. Not sure if your state has a gestational ban? Find out using rePROs Fight Back’s annual report card here

Be vocal in your support of second and third-trimester abortion care and repealing gestational bans. In being vocal, break the stigma. Challenge your own internal stigma, and you can start by visiting WhoNotWhen.com

Volunteer or give to your national or local abortion funds or practical support organizations. In Massachusetts specifically, some funds to support include Abortion Rights Fund of Western MassachusettsEastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund, and Tides for Reproductive Freedom

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Episode 264 Action Items

Find Beyond Limits: Stories of Third-Trimester Abortion Care on Bookshop.org here. Reading the book will provide you with a different perspective. It can also help equip you with the language you need to better explain concepts to loved ones. 

See if Dr. Sella’s book tour will be near you! You can also follow Dr. Sella on Instagram and Bluesky

De-mystify third-trimester abortion care. Start conversations when you can to affirm the need for this care. 

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Episode 263 Action Items

Follow MSI Reproductive Choices on X and Facebook and stay up to date on their important work.

Talk to as many people as you can about how severe the damage to attacks to family planning and reproductive health funding can really be.

Take care of your own mental health and wellbeing. Take breaks and find strength in solidarity. Accept that this is a long game, and support those in your community as they support you.

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Episode 262 Action Items

Find NFPRHA’s website here  and LinkedIn here for more information, and follow NFPRHA on Facebook and X and stay up-to-date on their work.

Tell your communities, networks, social media followings, or legislators why Title X is necessary and that attacks to accessible, affordable care is unacceptable.

Find out where your local Title X agency is and send them a thank you email or drop them a thank you note or a support note!

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Episode 261 Action Items

Find Preston on his website.

Honor your risk tolerance, particularly if you are in a marginalized community. Sometimes, challenge yourself to do more, but also remember to step back if you need to.

Pay attention not only to what is happening at the federal levels, but at the local and state levels.

Find All Boys Aren’t Blue here. Read banned books! You can find a list of them here.

If you need someone to talk to, don’t hesitate to contact 988.

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Episode 259 Action Items

Learn more about Patient Forward and their work here. You can also spend some time on whonotwhen.com, a people-centered resource for understanding abortions later in pregnancy.

Read bills or legislation that you are asked to support. Does it allow government interference or criminalization? If there is, push back. Press your officials for what you really want, and thank them if they deliver on it.

If you can, give money to abortion funds. And if you can, make that donation a re-occurring monthly donation. Remember, this isn’t just a red-state problem—support funds in states where abortion is limited but also support your local abortion fund. It is now Fund-a-Thon time, so keep up-to-date. You can also follow funds on social media, where emergency appeals are often announced.

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