Volume 3, Resources 9: Abortion Rights Resource List

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Hi friends. What a week! This week is a resource week and I am sure you can guess what all the resources will be about. I know that if you are a subscriber to this newsletter you are likely a smart and empathetic person but I’m going to say something on the off-chance that it is new information to you:

You cannot be both anti-racist and anti-abortion. You cannot be an LGBTQIA+ ally and also be anti-abortion. You cannot be an ally to disabled folks and also be anti-abortion. Access to healthcare, including abortion services, disproportionately affects folks in the BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled communities. To put it another way, trying to tell me you are both anti-racist and anti-abortion is like telling me you agree that I should be safe from being punched in the face while you actively punch me in the face.

Also, this isn’t just a cis women’s issue; there are other folks that need access to abortion services as well.

Abortion Rights Resource List:

• Anti-Racism Daily’s post “The Continuing Fight for Abortion Rights”

• National Network of Abortion Funds https://abortionfunds.org/

• Abortion Funds in Every State https://bit.ly/AbortionFundsTwitter

• Overview and ways to help from The Cut

• How to Show Up for Abortion Access

• For folks who need assistance: https://abortionondemand.org/

• Where to find abortion pills: https://www.plancpills.org/

• Abortion Resource Kit https://tinyurl.com/AbortionResourceKit

• This Twitter thread for folks in need of care (which is also helpful for finding funds to give to that help these folks directly

• Abortion Restrictions Do Not Stop Abortions, They Only Lead to an Increase in Unsafe Abortion via the Unbiased Science Podcast

• Also from the Unbiased Science Podcast is this infographic that I find overwhelming but maybe you find it helpful

• Instagram post from California Latinas for Reproductive Justice

• Instagram post “For ‘Rage Donors’: Abortion Funds that Need Your Money Most

• CURRENTLY FREE EBOOK: The New Handbook for a Post-Roe America: The Complete Guide to Abortion Legality, Access, and Practical Support (FYI the introduction is by Amanda Palmer in case that is something that you want to be forewarned about)

• Physical copies of The New Handbook for a Post-Roe America: The Complete Guide to Abortion Legality, Access, and Practical Support are on backorder via Bookshop and Amazon if you want to wait for a physical copy

• List of YA Abortion Books: Fiction About Terminating a Pregnancy As a Teen via Kelly Jensen

Twitter accounts for targeted learning

• In Our Own Voice: Black Women’s Reproductive Justice

• National Council of Jewish Women

• Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

• Catholics for Choice

• SisterSong

• We Testify: an organization dedicated to the leadership and representation of people who have abortions
  

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