Be rePROACTIVE.

Follow ANSIRH on Facebook and X and ACLU on Facebook and Bluesky.

Support your local abortion funds.

Be loud. Let your political representatives know where you stand on abortion access. Call your members of Congress at 202-224-3121. Sign up for the ACLU’s volunteer agreement, People Power.

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. 

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.

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!

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.

Find Outlawed here and follow on your favorite podcast platforms.

Take a deep-dive into common abortion myths and learn from a trusted source on how to bust those myths!

Always work on maintaining hope, even if that requires taking a break. Enjoy your community, talk to lawmakers, educate friends and family members, and continue your advocacy in the ways you’d like to, when you’d like to.

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.

Follow Garnet Henderson on X and check out Garnet’s most recent writing.

Moderate your media consumption; stay informed but don’t feel the need to overwhelm yourself with difficult news.

Pay attention to what’s happening in your community—don’t let the mess of the federal government distract you from what’s happening in your own city, county, and state!

If you’d like to read more about the context of global gender equality, you can find the recent UN Women report here.

Call your members of Congress and tell them that you expect the rights of women, girls, and other marginalized people abroad to be protected, and that attacks to foreign assistance prevent those rights from being realized. You can call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.

Reckon with the idea that maybe foreign assistance is not the answer for the global goals we are trying to achieve. Consider whether this is an inflection point to re-think if, instead, on-the-ground organizations should be better supported.