Follow 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.
Read MoreFollow Mark Joseph Stern on Twitter and read more writings on Slate here.
Read the decision and get a sense of the anti-science, anti-medicine rhetoric. Talk to friends, family members, and state and local legislators about why it’s unacceptable that one judge hypothetically has the power to impact nationwide access to medication abortion.
Do not panic-buy abortion medication to keep in your cabinets (there are many people who need that medication right now), but if you are worried for yourself or your friend’s and family’s access, you can buy a few at aidaccess.org.
Donate to abortion funds in states that border red states, such as New Mexico.
Read MoreFirst, follow Fòs Feminista on Twitter and Facebook to stay updated on their incredible work.
Contact your Congresspeople and tell them to permanently repeal the Global Gag Rule by supporting and passing the Global HER Act. If your Congressperson is already a co-sponsor, thank them! You can also ask them to find other avenues of moving the bill forward. Contact the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.
Those impacted by the GGR are real people who are experiencing harm each day; follow and engage with the organizations who are have to hurdle the burdens put in place by the GGR.
Check out the Global HER Project, which features a musical about the Global Gag Rule, which is supported by Fòs Feminista.
Read MoreFollow Population Institute on Facebook and Twitter.
Learn more by reading the new report, Connecting the Dots: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights as Prerequisites for Global Gender Equality and Empowerment, here.
Learn more about Fòs Feminista’s index of sexual and reproductive health and rights here.
Contact your Congressmembers and tell them to permanently repeal the Helms amendment, repeal the Global Gag Rule, and support robust funding for sexual and reproductive health and rights. The number for the Capitol Switchboard is 202-224-3121.
Read MoreFirst and foremost, follow Jessica Mason Pieklo on Twitter, and Rewire News Group on Twitter
and Facebook.
If you have ever thought about running for office, give thought to local politics. School board elections, for example, are incredibly important to in shifting community values towards those of reproductive justice.
Read MoreFollow Erin Reed on Twitter and stay up-to-date; find Erin’s recent piece, the Anti-Trans State of the States, here, and Erin’s Substack here.
Ensuring that gender-affirming care and abortion is enshrined in state constitutions around the country will protect trans folks and those who need abortions before heinous attacks on issues of bodily autonomy can occur. Contact your state and local legislators and urge them to protect trans health and rights.
Remember that this is not only a legislative battle, but also one of culture. Make sure your friends, family, and children know about and respect the existence of trans folks.
Read banned books and books by transgender authors.
Read MoreFollow the Guttmacher Institute on Facebook and Twitter.
Find the policy analysis written, researched, and discussed by Liza Fuentes, Inequity in US Abortion Rights and Access: The End of Roe Is Deepening Existing Divides.
If you are located in Wisconsin, there is a Supreme Court justice race occurring, and your vote can impact whether reproductive rights are protected in the state. Find more information here.
Donate to an abortion fund. It is immediate, tangible, and helps people access the abortion care they need. Many abortion funds sell merchandise—wearing that merchandise publicly shifts the culture and destigmatizes abortion as a concept.
Read MoreIf you live in a blue state, pressure your legislature to be innovative and radical—especially as efforts from the anti-abortion movement to ban abortion pills will only increase. Continue to pressure the federal government, as well. You can reach the Capitol Switchboard at 2020-224-3121.
Be prepared for chaos and confusion that will begin to arrive in the next year, and be open to new models of care. You can find additional information on misoprostol-only medication abortion here to learn more.
Read MoreFollow the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice on Twitter and Facebook to stay updated on their current work! You can also find NLIRJ’s new research, in partnership with the National Partnership for Women and Families here.
If you feel ready, share your story—even just at the dinner table! Doing so helps bust stigma and shift our culture so that abortion is more accessible.
Support the HEAL for Immigrant Families Act, which lifts the five-year ban on newly arrived immigrant’s access to abortion. If you are in New York, support the Reproductive Freedom and Equity Fund, which would provide assistance to patients seeking care, as well as providers.
Continue to be involved with a reproductive health, rights, or justice organization that can guide you in taking action!
Read MoreFollow Dr. Leah Torres on Twitter.
Remember that abortion is healthcare, and removing access to anything on the healthcare spectrum leads to harm. Those who seek to limit care gain money and power from doing so, always at the expense of marginalized communities. Our healthcare system needs to center the needs of patients, period.
Make your voices known to your legislators at the federal, state and local level. Contact the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.
Seek care from providers who will respect your life and medical decisions. Support abortion funds and independent clinics through the National Network of Abortion Funds and Keep Our Clinics.
Read MoreFollow National Network of Abortion Funds on Twitter and Facebook.
It’s the holiday season, which means it’s the perfect time to challenge misinformed opinions around abortion and other reproductive healthcare when they occur at the dinner table. Talking about abortion de-stigmatizes and normalizes care, so let’s make sure we have these conversations now and year-round.
Donate to abortion funds! You can find NNAF’s donation page here, where donations can be made to specific funds or be split across their network of 90 funds!
Wear your support for abortion and abortion funds by buying some of this amazing merch.
Read MoreFollow Center for Reproductive Rights on Twitter and Facebook, and Centro de Derechos Reproductivos on Twitter.
.Share Green Wave stories on social media! Similarly, support Green Wave activists at in-person strikes and events both in the U.S. and in Latin America.
Continue to have conversations with friends and family about abortion as a human right.
Read MoreFollow Physicians for Reproductive Health on Twitter and Facebook to stay up-to-date on their critical work. You can also check out Physicians for Reproductive Health’s fun merchandise and wear your support!
Donate to independent clinics and abortion funds in your communities via National Network of Abortion Funds and Keep Our Clinics.
Last but certainly not least, listen carefully to abortion storytellers and providers and pay them for the work they are doing.
Read MoreFollow the Council for Global Equality on Twitter and Facebook to stay up-to-date on their important work.
Early, loud, visible mobilization for solidarity is incredibly powerful against the anti-gender and anti-rights movements. Hope-based messaging—highlighting what we work for and the world we are building—allows for greater reach and momentum.
Just because the Trump administration has gone away does not mean those fighting for anti-gender and anti-rights ideology have gone away; be loud in demanding your universities and your employers stop platforming these people.
Read up on reports that discuss the anti-rights and anti-gender movements, their funding channels, and defining characteristics to look out for, including Power Over Rights by the Center for Feminist Foreign Policy, Rights at Risk by the Observatory on the Universality of Rights, Exporting Disinformation by the Mozilla Foundation, and Manufacturing Moral Panic by the Global Philanthropy Project.
Read MoreSupport Becca by purchasing her book, No Choice: The Destruction of Roe v. Wade and the Fight to Protect a Fundamental American Right!
Follow Becca on Twitter and Reckon News on Twitter and Facebook.
Read MoreFollow Reproaction on Twitter and Facebook to stay up-to-date on their fantastic work.
Center the needs of the people in your community! Abortion funds are such wonderful pillars of support, and they often need donations and, in some cases, volunteering.
Learn more about self-managed abortion and abortion pills. Educate yourself on how to use mifepristone and misoprostol (or just misoprostol alone) together to safely and effectively end an unwanted pregnancy.
Make your voice loud. Whether it’s donning a pro-abortion shirt or bumper sticker, going to town halls and asking questions, or knocking on doors, keep the conversation going.
Read MoreFollow Amnesty International USA on Twitter and Facebook.
Read Amnesty International USA’s report, The never-ending maze: continued failure to protect indigenous women from sexual violence in the USA.
Support the abortion fund specific for Indigenous women, Indigenous Women Rising, here!
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