Abortion resources and information

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Medical abortion information:

Medication abortion is safe, easy to use and private. For about $150 you can order one at www.AidAccess.org. It will take about 4 or 5 days.

Instructions for using medication abortion can be found on Plan C Pills website.

Support information:

Wisconsin Abortion Support Network is a group of abortion doulas who provide non-medical support before, during & after abortions (logistical, mental, emotional support).

We Testify is an organization dedicated to the leadership and representation of people who have abortions, increasing the spectrum of abortion storytellers in the public sphere, and shifting the way the media understands the context and complexity of accessing abortion care.

Exhale Pro-Voice supports people who have had an abortion by focusing on their unique context, family, culture, and abortion experiences. 

Pregnancy Justice ensures no one loses their rights because of pregnancy or because of their capacity for pregnancy. Pregnancy Justice focuses on pregnant people who are most at risk of state control and criminalization, including those who are low-income, of color, and drug-using.

Abortion is a human right, and is still a legal right in the majority of states. Repro Legal Helpline offers help understanding abortion rights in the United States.

In Memorium:

When abortion is illegal, women and girls die. These are confirmed, preventable deaths caused by Republican abortion bans, where abortion care was delayed or denied. There are likely more whose names we do not know, and whose unnecessary deaths won’t be reported.

• Yeniifer Alvarez-Estrada Glick, a 29 year old healthcare worker
• Amber Nicole Thurman, 28 year old mother of a 6 year old son
• Candi Miller, a 41 year old mother of three

A dramatic rise in pregnant women dying in Texas after abortion ban

Another woman dead thanks to the anti-abortion movement

Abortion ban dramatically increased infant mortality

Organizations to support financially:

• Wisconsin Abortion Fund
• Rockford Family Planning Foundation

History of criminalization of abortion:

• Randall Balmer, a professor at Dartmouth College, examines the real origins of the Religious Right's crusade against abortion rights for Politico.
• This link will take you to an excerpt of Untamed by Glennon Doyle. In this excerpt, Doyle presents the origins the anti-choice movement.

Recommended Substacks:

• Jill Filipovic: What Drives Child Poverty? Pro-Life Politics.
• Jessica Valenti: Abortion Exceptions Don't Exist

Recommended articles:

• The Limits of Privilege: The New Abortion Regime Is Going to Affect Everyone, by Rebecca Traister, New York Magazine
• We're Not Going Back to the Time Before Roe, We're Going Someplace Worse, by Jia Tolentino, New Yorker Magazine 
• Lessons from the Terrible Triumph of the Anti-Abortion Movement by Michelle Goldberg
• The Pro-Choice Caucus's Abortion Messaging Guidelines Are Good by Robyn Pennacchia
• Medical Impact of Roe Reversal Goes Well Beyond Abortion Clinics, Doctors Say by Kate Zernike

Recommended podcasts:

• Ezra Klein interviews Michelle Goldberg
• The Daily Campaign: How We Talk About Abortion
• The Dobbs Decision Isn't Just About Abortion. It's About Power.