Reproductive Justice

SUPPORT THE BELLINGHAM SAFE HAVEN RESOLUTION

Urge the Bellingham City Council & Mayor to make Bellingham a safe haven for those who travel to the city from states where reproductive rights have been curtailed.

Read and sign the petition.

SUPPORT THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

Take action to support the proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex.

Learn more and take action.

“I Choose”

Local singer/songwriter Linda Allen has written the words and music for this pro-choice anthem. Scott Slaba and Linda Allen produced the video. For more information, visit the October Rose Productions website.

Help support the organizations doing the ground-level work in the fight for abortion access, for underserved communities:

Mt. Baker Planned Parenthood – helping persons in our area with abortion and healthcare access. Donate HERE.

Planned Parenthood Emergency Access Fund – helping support patients who are traveling to access abortions.

Whole Womans’ Health Alliance – A nonprofit organization committed to providing holistic reproductive care, including abortion care and advocacy to eradicate abortion stigma. WWHA believes every person deserves the compassion, respect, and dignity of being able to safely and legally end a pregnancy. Donate HERE.

The Miscarriage and Abortion Hotline – A nonprofit organization where volunteer physicians, PAs, NPs, and midwives answer medical calls about self-managed abortion or miscarriage. Donate HERE.

West Fund – A nonprofit organization formed to serve individuals in the West Texas area. West Fund works to make abortions accessible to individuals who need them, including paying for telemedicine abortion. Donate HERE.

Plan C – A research-based educational resource for learning about how people in the U.S. can access abortion pills and safely manage their own abortions. Donate HERE.

The American Civil Liberties Union ACLU – The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.

National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice: https://www.latinainstitute.org

Planned Parenthood Action: http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/

Access Reproductive Care-Southeast: https://www.arc-southeast.org

SisterSong: https://sistersong.nationbuilder.com/donate

NARAL Pro-Choice America – https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/

wetestify.org – Incredible resource on all things abortion and storytellers

shoutyourabortion.com – Seattle-based abortion storytellers and resource for abortion pills

roefund.org – Specific funds to support abortion-seekers in Oklahoma

Find Abortion Services

Abortion Finder – https://www.abortionfinder.org/ – With more than 700 health centers, AbortionFinder.org features the most comprehensive directory of trusted (and verified) abortion service providers in the United States.

National Network of Abortion Funds – abortionfunds.org – The National Network of Abortion Funds builds power with members to remove financial and logistical barriers to abortion access by centering people who have abortions and organizing at the intersections of racial, economic, and reproductive justice.

At-Home Abortion Services – Scrappy websites like plancpills.org and mayday.health have refused to be bound by state anti-abortion rules. Sometimes operating completely outside of the regulated medical system, they spread information about how abortion pills offer a way to safely terminate a pregnancy and how to obtain these pills, whether through official channels or other means.

Get Involved

Send a message to Congress demanding that they pass the Women’s Health Protection Act and enshrine Roe v. Wade protections into federal law.

Make your voting plan for November now, and encourage all your friends to do so as well. The right to bodily autonomy will be on the ballot at every level of government, from U.S. Senate to city council.

Commit to increasing voter turnout this fall by signing up to write letters to infrequent voters with Vote Forward’s ‘Big Send’ project.