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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.
Read MoreFollow Jessica Mason Pieklo on X and Rewire News Group on X. You can also find the Boom! Lawyered archives here.
Reach out to your lawmakers and advocate for LGBTQI+ kids, in particular. Contribute to direct aid with your time and resources. Find ways to be in community during times of authoritarianism.
Read MoreLearn more about the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project. You can also find rePROs Fight Back’s 50-State Report Card for a deeper dive on the current state of sexual and reproductive health care in the U.S.
Start locally and plug in to community reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations. People in this community can guide you toward the most effective ways to help.
Have open and de-stigmatizing conversations with people in your life regarding abortion.
Read MoreFollow SIECUS on Instagram and Facebook. You can also find their 2026 Annual Legislative Look-Ahead here.
Go to SEICUS and track Baby Olivia bills and bills related to sex education in your own state. You can find the community action toolkit available to talk to friends and neighbors, school board administrators, and state representatives. If you work in the sexual and reproductive health and rights space, your organization can join the Sex Ed Policy Action Council.
Read MoreFollow the Institute for Women’s Policy Research on Facebook and X.
Recognize that sexual and reproductive health and rights is directly connected to higher education and economic wellbeing. If you are a teach or student, do you know if students on your campus have access to services and care? If you are a community member, do you know if your nearest campus have access to services and care?
If you are a leader on a community college campus, think about how to integrate sexual and reproductive health into your system of learning.
Read MoreFind Amy’s book, Killers of Roe: My Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights, on bookshop.org.
Share information! This includes Plan C, INeedAnA, and Abortion Finder. Tell your friends, family, and those in your life about these resources.
Read MoreFollow Guttmacher Institute on Facebook and X and stay up-to-date with their work. Find Chelsea’s article, Fertility Tracking Must Be Grounded In Evidence And Reproductive Justice, here.
Know the evidence. Not all FABMs are equally effective, so ask questions! Consider your circumstances if you are considering using or are using FABMs – is getting or not getting pregnant important to you? Are you using FABMs correctly? If you were pregnant and wanted an abortion, could you access one based on where you are living in the U.S.?
Watch out for red flags on social media that are fear-based and not evidence-based. Be thoughtful of how this information is presented to you.
Read MoreFollow Guttmacher Institute on Facebook and X and stay up-to-date with their work. Go to Guttmacher’s website to access more information.
Social media is how people get their information, learning about where to access their healthcare and what policy is impacting their healthcare. Find good organizations, podcasts, and institutes to follow. Share that high-quality, evidence-based research with friends and family.
Read MoreFollow the Women’s Refugee Commission on Instagram and Facebook.
Stay informed, pay attention. Remember the real lives at the center of these policy decisions. Find the Women’s Refugee Commission report, A Year of Harms: The Impact of US Foreign Aid Cuts on Women and Girls in Humanitarian Crises, here.
To learn more about the expansion of the already-expanded global gag rule, find the most recent rePROs Fight Back episode here.
Contact your elected representatives and tell them that humanitarian funding, including for sexual and reproductive health, is a critical part of the U.S. budget and should be supported. You can reach the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.