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:
- Counseling services:
- Centers that offer counseling:
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:
- National abortion funds:
- National Abortion Federation (NAF)
- From the National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF):
- Women’s Reproductive Rights Assistance Project (WRRAP)
- Local & regional abortion funds:
- From the National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF):
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:
- 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.