Follow the people and organizations highlighted in this episode! Find National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice on X and Instagram here. Find Monica McLemore on Instagram here. Follow Guttmacher Institute on Xand Instagram here. And, if you haven’t already, follow rePROs Fight Back on Instagram here.
Read MoreFollow the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative on LinkedIn and YouTube.
Read the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative’s recent report Defining Feminist Foreign Policy 2025. Find strength in your allies, friends, and like-minded loved ones. You can sign up for the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaboration’s newsletter here.
Policy, architecture, budgetary, leadership, and capacity are the five core strategies that the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative cites to strengthen institutions. If you work in this space, consider working in partnership with other organizations that are a part of the feminist foreign policy space.
Read MoreFirst and foremost, follow the National Partnership for Women and Families on Instagram and X.
Share your story about how having affordable health insurance with premium tax credits has helped you access healthcare. Contact your member of Congress and tell them to etend the premium tax credits. You can also tell your member of Congress to support telehealth, (particularly for reproductive health care), which will also help strengthen access to care in rural areas. You can call the Congressional Switchboard at 202-224-3121.
Raise awareness in your local community. You can spread awareness by sharing the National Partnership for Women and Families Hospital Hitlist. Call on your state representatives to pass or strengthen state shield laws, which protect providers from legal action if they mail medication abortion out-of-state. You can also urge states to maintain post-partum coverage up to 12 months.
Support abortion funds, especially as people have to travel over state lines for care.
Read MoreFollow the people and organizations highlighted in this episode! Find Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund here. Find Asha Dahya and her media and resources, Someone You Know and Green Tide Rising here. And, if you haven’t already, follow rePROs Fight Back on Instagram here.
Read MoreFollow All* Above All on Instagram and Bluesky.
Remember: time, treasure, and talent. Volunteer, join your community, or host a house party using All*Above All’s toolkit.
People’s individual talents are incredibly important, and everyone has something to give. See if you can link up with an organization and offer your talents!
Donate, if you can, to reproductive justice organizations across the country.
Read MoreMake your voice heard—vote.
Take the time to understand these issues. To learn more about junk science related to abortion, find our recent podcast episode here. To learn more about the Comstock Act, you can also find our past podcast episode here. You can learn more about the history of medication abortion in Rebecca Kelliher’s book Just Pills here.
Donate to abortion funds. Stay invested in keeping abortion care available—particularly as people are required to travel more.
Read MoreFollow Ipas on X, Bluesky, and Instagram to learn more about their vital work.
Be as informed as possible. Find more reading on foreign assistance and abortion access, as well as what can be done to improve the global situation. You can also find Ipas’ Read to Resist reading list here.
Nonprofits and abortion funds are still very active in fighting for sexual and reproductive health and rights, despite what’s happening at the governmental level. You can find your local abortion fund, or abortion funds in restrictive areas, here. If you can, give monthly rather than one time.
Read MoreFind Just Pills: The Extraordinary Story of a Revolution in Abortion Care on bookshop.org. You can find Rebecca Kelliher on Bluesky here.
Try to get involved with your local abortion fund! Donating and volunteering are extremely helpful. You can find your local abortion fund here.
Talk about abortion with those in your life. Look into advanced provision of pills to have around just-in-case. If you are unsure of the legality of doing so, you can call If/When/How’s free Repro Legal Helpline at 844-868-2812 or visit ineedana.com.
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Check out Autonomy News’ pieces on abortion pill “reversal” and Planned Parenthood. You can also read more pieces and subscribe to Autonomy News here.
To find more information on First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc v. Platkin, click here.
Read MoreFollow Reproductive Freedom for All on X and Bluesky and stay up-to-date on their important work.
Educate your friends, family, and neighbors! Share information on your social media. To join Reproductive Freedom for All’s digital and text team, you can text “repro” to 59791.
If you can, donate to your local abortion fund. You can find your community fund here. If donating is difficult, see if there are volunteer opportunities with local abortion funds near you! Continue to support independent clinics and providers, who are navigating an extremely difficult post-Roe landscape while continuing to provide care.
Read MoreFollow Jessica Mason Pieklo on X and Rewire News Group on X. You can also find Boom! Lawyered archives here.
Donate, if you can, as locally as possible. If not, find time and volunteer! Build connections, deepen your relationships, and strengthen the fabric of your local community.
Lean into happiness and joy as an antidote to authoritarianism.
Read MoreFollow the National Women’s Law Center on X and Facebook.
Gather your people and share information. Sign up to receive the National Women’s Law Center’s information. Identify three other people and bring them into your informed group!
If you have the ability, look to the National Network of Abortion Funds for local funds to support.
Read MoreLearn 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.
Storytelling is incredibly powerful. If you are comfortable with it, share your own story or the stories of others to help fight disinformation and stigma.
Abortion funds, especially those that help specifically for later abortions like the Brigid Alliance, deserve support. Find your local abortion fund here.
Read MoreListen to CRAMPED here or wherever you access your podcasts! You can also follow Kate on Instagram.
Find more information about periods, period pain, and endometriosis.
The surest way to destigmatize menstruation is to have conversations about your periods and period pain with other people in your life.
Read MoreFollow Amnesty International USA on Facebook and X to stay up-to-date on their important work.
Call your Senators and urge them to support the Safeguarding the Integrity of Human Rights Reports Act, introduced by Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH). You can reach the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.
Always look for and use a host of sources. You can find the more comprehensive story, told beyond the now heavily slashed State Department Human Rights Reports, through organizations such as Amnesty International, Amnesty International USA, and Human Rights Watch.
Read MoreFollow 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.
Read MoreFollow Patient Forward’s website and Pregnancy Justice on Facebook and X.
Submit comments to bills that are being passed, call your members of Congress, and get in contact with your local representatives. You can contact the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.
Read policies that are being voted on. Check out Unpunish Pregnancy, which helps evaluate policies.
Read MoreRead 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.
Read MoreFollow Reproaction on X and on Facebook and stay up-to-date with their critical work.
Get involved in clinic escort groups! Walk a patient to the doors of the clinic and prevent protestors from interacting with them.
Contact your member of Congress and let them know how you feel about protecting abortion access. You can contact the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.
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