If you are a member of a union, hold your union accountable for safeguarding legal, accessible abortion access and ensure that the issue is taken up in the collective bargaining process.
If you are not a member of a union, think about unions as obvious allies in the fight for progressive change. Alliances can be made between the labor movement and the reproductive rights movement, and tapping into that power can result in powerful change. Call on friends in the labor movement or reach out to people in the labor movement to have these discussions.
Read MoreCombat misinformation about transgender individuals and abortion care in your inner circles. If you hear people spreading stigma, fear, and mis- and disinformation about people and healthcare, challenge them.
Donate to mutual aid funds or any individual’s personal GoFundMe for gender affirming care.
If you live in a state that is challenging gender affirming care, show up to testify in person or reach out to your local legislature to combat any harmful legislation.
Read MoreFollow Gloria on Twitter to stay up-to-date on her incredible work. You can also follow the O’Neill Institute here.
If you ever find yourself on the other end of criminalization for accessing abortion care, you can contact the Repro Legal Helpline and the If/When/How’s Repro Legal Defense Fund.
Try to have conversations in your homes, in your places of work, and with your friends about abortion and access to basic healthcare in an effort to break stigma.
Read MoreFollow Dr. Horvath on Twitter and stay up-to-date on her work.
Buy super cute swag that supports Partners in Abortion Care.
If you can, give money to abortion funds. They are facilitating not only abortion care, but support in accessing that care. You can also fundraise for your local funds, too!
Hold your local elected officials accountable. Reproductive health, rights, and justice is directly intertwined with a plethora of issue areas, many of which elected officials vote on.
Read MoreFollow Hannah on Twitter and her website stay up-to-date on her work.
Find You or Someone You Love: Reflections from an Abortion Doula on bookshop.org.
If you are interested in becoming an abortion doula, familiarize yourself with the reproductive justice needs in your community through being in contact with your local abortion fund and abortion clinics. Look into abortion doula trainings that may be connected to your local funds.
Birthing Advocacy Doula Trainings and Cornerstone feature helpful training and resources.
All Options and Exhale are hotlines and text lines that are also possible to get involved in.
Read MoreMake sure to follow Fòs Feminista on Twitter and Facebook and stay up-to-date on their work.
You can also follow Fòs Feminista organizational partners on Twitter, including CommonHealth on Twitter, KMET on Twitter, GIWYN on Twitter, and Oriéntame on Twitter.
Dive deeper into the new report-- The Global Impact of the Dobbs Decision on Abortion Laws, Policies, Legislation, Narratives, and Movements: Findings from Colombia, India, Kenya, and Nigeria -- featuring reflections from Colombia, Kenya, India, and Nigeria.
Read MoreCheck out Lauren’s book, Bodies on the Line, here! You can also keep up with Lauren’s work but following her on Twitter.
Rally for abortion protections in your community. If you are interested in becoming a clinic escort and you live in a state where abortion is still legal, reach out to your local clinic and see if there is a pre-existing escort group. If not, make your own!
You can also contact the abortion fund near you and see if there is anything that they need. You can also donate here.
Read MoreFollow the National Domestic Violence Hotline on Twitter and Facebook.
If you are experiencing intimate partner violence, domestic violence, or reproductive violence, you can reach out to the National Domestic Violence Hotline via call 1-800-799-SAFE, text to 88788, or chat on the website. Find more information here.
If you can, donate to your local or national domestic violence organizations.
In an effort to shift the cultural narrative, share information about intimate partner violence, domestic violence, reproductive abuse, and lack of abortion access among your family in your family and friends. If you would like to or feel safe, share your story.
Read MoreFollow the Louisiana Abortion Fund on Twitter and Facebook here. You can also find their website here—feel free to support! Donate your time, funds or capacity to abortion funds if you can. The leadership that is on-the-ground and has been doing this work for a long time.
You can find the Louisiana Abortion Fund’s Podcast, the South Has the Answers, here. You can also check out the Louisiana Abortion Fund’s 2022 Annual Report.
Read MoreFirst and foremost, follow Free the Pill on Twitter and Facebook and stay up-to-date on their amazing work. You can also sign up for email updates from Free the Pill here.
Advocates for Youth features a Free the Pill Youth Council, which works in communities across the country to expand access to an affordable birth control pill.
Talk to people in your life about birth control, health equity, and the importance of eliminating barriers to access!
Read MoreFollow Amnesty International on Twitter and Facebook.
Stay engaged and take heart. The majority of people around the world—3 out of 5—believe that abortion should be legal. Talk about abortion, how it’s normal, safe, healthcare and a human right.
If you have money to give, give to an abortion fund! If donating isn’t an option, figure out a way to become involved—whether going to events, volunteering, or more.
Reach out to your local council members and elected officials, and make sure they know that abortion access is important to you as a constituent. You can also call your federal elected officials! The Capitol Switchboard is 202-224-3121.
Read MoreFollow Becca Andrews on Twitter, find her pieces on Reckon News, and check out her book.
Set up reoccurring donations to BIPOC- and low-income and queer-led abortion funds. These grassroots organizations are providing safe, dependable mutual aid for those who are particularly in need.
Support organizations like We Testify, who are erasing abortion stigma one story at a time.
As appropriations season ramps up, tell your Congress members that reproductive health and rights is funded—that UNFPA, Title X, international family planning is funded, and the Helms amendment and Hyde amendment is repealed. The Capitol Switchboard is 202-224-3121.
Read MoreFollow the Council for Global Equality on Twitter and Facebook, as well as Convening for Equality on Twitter.
Pay attention to the way these conservative and evangelical ideologies are informing similar laws around the world. For a deeper dive on the global anti-gender movement, find the past podcast with Beirne here.
Ask your representatives what they are doing on the bill in Uganda. You can call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.
Continue your allyship to the LGBTQI+ people around you. Stay open, continue listening, and continue to be kind.
Read MoreFollow Garnet Henderson on Twitter and Rewire News Group and stay up-to-date with her publications. You can also find ACCESS: A Podcast About Abortion here.
Get plugged in with your local abortion fund! Follow them on social media (don’t call their hotline, please! That’s for patients). Donate and volunteer when needed.
Read MoreFollow the O’Neill Institute on Twitter and Facebook to stay up-to-date with their important work.
Learn, discuss, and generate spaces for dialogue! Access the O’Neill Institute’s website, which features publications and accessible translations on legal abortion rights in Latin America that you can share.
Continue to have conversations with those in your inner circles on sexual and reproductive health, including abortion.
Read MoreFirst and foremost, follow Katelyn Burns on Twitter. You can also find more information on Katelyn’s co-hosted podcast, Cancel Me Daddy, here.
Challenge your own perspectives on transgender student’s participation in sports. Consider the last time you heard of an openly trans women playing on a men’s sports team.
You can find more of Katelyn’s opinion pieces with MSNBC and Xtra Magazine.
Read MoreFollow The Nation on Twitter and Facebook, as well as Amy Littlefield’s written pieces here.
Take comfort in the ways that reproductive justice advocates, friends, and family are showing up for each other in an effort to protect abortion access—from funding abortions through abortion funds to sharing stories.
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