All-options counseling

— allies in our network to support you in your decision-making

• Faith Aloud
• Imagine! Counseling
  

Find an abortion clinic near me

— resourceful directories that list reputable abortion clinics

• Abortion Care Network “ACN” (www.abortioncarenetwork.org) Founded in 2008, the Abortion Care Network is the national association for independent community-based, abortion care providers and their allies. Together they work to ensure the rights of all people to experience respectful, dignified abortion care.
• National Abortion Federation “NAF” (www.prochoice.org) is the professional association of abortion providers in the United States and Canada. The organization’s mission is to preserve and enhance the quality and accessibility of abortion services.
• Abortion Clinics Online “ACOL” (www.abortionclinics.com) a directory of abortion and reproductive health care providers, clinics, and hospitals.

General abortion information

— helpful print outs, minors seeking abortion, and abortion pill info

“You Are a Good Woman” [pdf] – Support for making decisions from a place of goodness.

“Will It Hurt?” [pdf] – Questions and answers about pain during an abortion.

Young People’s Rights and Resources [link]– Young people have legal rights which differ from state to state.

Early Option Pill www.earlyoptionpill.com site has comprehensive information on this pill, the first FDA approved pill for ending early pregnancy.

After-abortion helpful links

— support and connection AFTER your abortion

• Our Justice Advancing Reproductive Freedom
• Abortion Conversation Project

Healthy Coping After an Abortion
[pdf  – information to help you after an abortion

Shout Out Your Abortion www.shoutyourabortion.com – #ShoutYourAbortion is a decentralized network of individuals talking about abortion on our own terms and creating space for others to do the same. SYA is everywhere: on the sides of buildings, in art and outfits and zines and social media. Abortion is normal. Our stories are ours to tell. This is not a debate.

Peace After Abortion www.peaceafterabortion.com based on the book, “Peace After Abortion“. Although most women who have abortions do not experience negative feelings, a significant number do. You will find information here to help you understand the origin of your emotional and spiritual pain. You will also find the stories of other women who have experienced distress related to an abortion.

Connect and Breath www.connectandbreathe.org provides an unbiased talk line for women and their loved ones after an abortion.

Exhale www.exhaleprovoice.org pro voice offers non-judgmental emotional support, resources and information to women and girls who have had abortions, and their partners, friends, allies and family members.

Faith Aloud www.faithaloud.org promotes the religious and ethical voice for reproductive justice and offers free spiritual counseling for pregnancy options or after your abortion.

Abortion rights and legal info related to reproductive freedom and access

— how I can help fight for reproductive freedom and access

Feminist Women’s Health Center (www.feministcenter.org) Provides abortion and reproductive health services, and information in order to achieve reproductive freedom. Site features a host of information on abortion topics, including abortion procedures, statistics, personal stories, and state-by-state laws. Information available in both English and Spanish.

American Society for Emergency Contraception (ASEC) (americansocietyforec.org) works to improve access to and knowledge about EC throughout the United States.

Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (www.crlp.org) an independent, nonprofit legal organization dedicated to ensuring that all women have access to appropriate and freely chosen reproductive health services. Site offers fact sheets, reports, articles, and news on topics such as the world’s abortion laws, Roe v. Wade, the Fundamentalist crusade against abortion, and so-called “partial-birth abortion.”

Feminist Majority Foundation (www.feminist.org) The Foundation’s mission is to create innovative, cutting-edge research, educational programs, and strategies to further women’s equality and empowerment, to reduce violence toward women, to increase the health and economic well-being of women, and to eliminate discrimination of all kinds.

Medical Students for Choice (MSFC)(www.ms4c.org) was founded in 1993 by students concerned about the shortage of doctors trained to provide abortion care, the lack of abortion education in medical schools, and escalating violence against abortion providers. The organization represents students at more than 100 medical schools across the United States and Canada.

National Organization for Women (www.now.org) is the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States. NOW’s goal is “to take action” to bring about equality for all women. Both the actions NOW takes and its position on the issues are often unorthodox, uncompromising and ahead of their time.

NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund (www.now.org) continues to be at the center of every major social and economic justice concern on the women’s rights agenda. NOW LDEF pursues equality for women and girls in the workplace, the schools, the family and the courts, through litigation, education, and public information programs.

Alan Guttmacher Institute (www.guttmacher.org) the mission of the Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) is to protect the reproductive choices of all women and men in the United States and throughout the world. AGI provides reliable, balanced, nonpartisan information on sexual activity, contraception, abortion and childbearing.

Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is an international group of activists, trained counselors and non-profit organizations and foundations. We bridge the gap between reproductive rights advocacy efforts and service provision.

One-In-Three (www.1in3campaign.org) The 1 in 3 Campaign is a grassroots movement to start a new conversation about abortion—telling our stories, on our own terms to end the stigma and shame women are made to feel about abortion.

Catholics For Choice (www.catholicsforchoice.org) a social justice organization devoted to research, policy analysis, education and advocacy on issues of gender equality and reproductive health.

National Council of Jewish Women (www.ncjw.org) is a volunteer organization that works through a program of research, education, advocacy and community service to improve the quality of life for women, children and families and strives to ensure individual rights and freedoms for all. The council believes that comprehensive, confidential, accessible family planning and reproductive health services should be available for all, regardless of age or ability to pay.

Later Abortion Initiative
(www.laterabortion.org) The Later Abortion Initiative intends to change the conversation around later abortion and the women who need this service.

National Partnership for Women & Families (www.nationalpartnership.org) From health care and reproductive rights to fair pay and family friendly policies, they know when women do better, families do better, and our nation prospers. The partnership promotes equality for all women and are working every day to make our country more fair, just and tolerant so everyone has the opportunity to fully participate and thrive.

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