Legality

The landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Roe vs. Wade (1973) effectively legalized abortion in all 50 states.

• Cosmopolitan provides an overview of how abortion rights might be affected by the Trump administration.
• The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) analyzes the Trump administration’s public policy positions on abortion, along with some other key issues, in The Trump Memos.

Counseling

• Telephone hotlines:
  • All-Options Talkline
  • Faith Aloud Clergy Counseling Line
• Counseling services:
  • Imagine Counseling
• Centers that offer counseling:
  • Planned Parenthood health centers
  • All-Options Pregnancy Resource Center (Bloomington)

Access

• The Abortion Care Network (ACN) provides a directory of independent abortion care providers.
• Planned Parenthood health centers may offer abortion services and/or referral to providers of abortion services.

Financial assistance

• The National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF) explains:
  • Steps to take when planning for an abortion.
  • Where Medicaid covers the cost of abortion.
• National abortion funds:
  • National Abortion Federation (NAF)
  • From the National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF):
    • Dr. George Tiller Memorial Abortion Fund
  • Women’s Reproductive Rights Assistance Project (WRRAP)
• Local & regional abortion funds:
  • From the National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF):
    • Dr. Willie Parker Fund for Abortion Access in the South

Post-abortion care

• Guides:
  • A Guide to Emotional and Spiritual Resolution After an Abortion. By Peg Johnston and Terry Sallas Merritt.
• Support groups:
  • Emerge: secular/non-religious discussion & support group for those who have had an abortion.
• Ministries:
  • Project Rachel: Catholic ministry for healing after abortion.

For healthcare providers

• Abortion training for medical students & residents:
  • From the Midwest Access Project (MAP):
    • Individual clinical training.
    • Provider & community education.
  • The Kenneth J. Ryan Residency Training Program in Abortion and Family Planning (The Ryan Program).
  • From Medical Students for Choice (MSFC):
    • Abortion training for medical students.
    • Abortion training for residents.
• Educational materials for medical professionals:
  • Abortion: Complete Course massive open online course (MOOC) from UCSF Bixby Center for Reproductive Health.
  • Providing Abortion Care toolkit from UCSF APC.
  • Safe abortion: technical and policy guidance for health systems from the World Health Organization (WHO).
  • Unintended Pregnancy Prevention and Care from Provide.