If you want to support organizations working to maintain reproductive health and rights, look no further. Though a true directory would be massive, I want to uplift ones that have been of significant service to Black people. Most of these orgs and projects are both led by- and center- Black and Indigenous communities. They range between policy, direct service, advocacy and community organizing towards the long term battle for human rights and reproductive justice. What other groups could be listed?
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They discreetly connect people from any state to reproductive health services, for free. They will never sell your information. Their Get Involved page has details for donations an other ways to support.
They support southerners in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee with funding and logistical support for abortions. Donate or find their healthline, here.
Feminist Women's Health Center provides safe, affordable and compassionate abortion and reproductive healthcare to all who need it without judgment in the Atlanta area. Support this local, independent, clinic.
They remove barriers to care by connecting people to information and services. You may see their head-turning “Everyone Loves Someone Who Had An Abortion” shirts around. You can become a member or just donate to member funds. FYI- a user error on the site is that you cannot specify your donation for one state. A white man told me that! Spread the word.
SisterSong is a Southern based, national membership organization; they build a network of individuals and organizations to improve institutional policies and systems that impact the reproductive justice real. They ARE the network. SisterSong has been on the frontlines of the national political fight for abortion access. Consider a recurring donation, here.
Black Feminist Future is a membership organization that envisions a world where all Black women, girls, and gender-expansive folks are: safe, joyful, cared for, powerful, self-determining, and thriving. Their #AbortionisFreedom campaign is organizing folx across the country, sharing resources, and providing space for leaders.
IWRising centers resistance and self love. Their abortion fund is open to all Native and Indigenous people in the United States and Canada. We should protect all indigenous people, and this is a specific way to support the human rights of the oppressed.
CHOICES envisions a world where sexual and reproductive healthcare is recognized as an essential human right. Their services include wellness care, gender-affirming hormone therapy, HIV testing and referrals, no-cost birth control, midwife-led prenatal care and births, and more. Your donation would support patients in Tennessee and the new Illinois location, since Tennessee outlawed abortions.
Show love to Texas! Donations to TAC will help provide programs and resources that will pour into womxn living with HIV. They are fierce advocates. They positively transform the reproductive health of women with a vision to ultimately eliminate the harmful effects of reproductive oppression in North Texas.
California is somewhat of a sanctuary state for abortion providers and people seeking abortions. The Bay Area Doula Project is meeting a need through training, activating and organizing doulas to become liaisons. This doula collective stand with advocates in Texas and other abortion-illegal state. Support, here.
The Reproductive Justice Action Collective is a group of activists based in New Orleans. They do the hard work and somehow block the racist legislature from stealing their joy. From sexual health education to actually getting Plan B to folks without access, this is a genuine labor of love.
WWAV fights for the human right to bodily autonomy and the liberation of all Black women, birthing people, poor people and the LGBTQ+ community. They are a New Orleans institution with a nationwide footprint, and an orgs that will do what other orgs won't to protect the most oppressed.
In Our Own Voices is a group of eight black RJ orgs that have created the National Black Reproductive Justice Agenda. This national-state partnership focuses on the voices of Black women leaders in national and regional advocacy to secure Reproductive Justice for all women, femmes, and girls.
Groundswell is a staple for supporting the Reproductive Justice movement. I do not know where the state of human rights overall would be without their contributions. They have invested $100 million into real grassroot orgs since 2003, prioritizing women and communities of color.
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