Every Abortion Takes a Village…
Abortion care is safe, effective, and a valued form of healthcare for many patients. Each of those patients relies on a network of abortion funds, advocates, and trustworthy health clinics to help smoothen their process, and leave time for more important things—like self-care.
Explore each section, and check out the resources you need before, during, and after your procedure
Financial and Logistical Support
National Network of Abortion Funds
Find your local abortion fund that may help with traveling expenses, abortion fees, or even child care!
Looking for a ride to a clinic, a place to spend the night for a waiting period, or a gas card? Here’s a list of practical support groups categorized by state/region so you can contact them directly.
Apiary is a non-profit made solely to connect abortion patients to their local practical support organization. Whether you need help paying for travel, lodging, childcare arrangements, meal assistance, direct cash assistance (and more!), you can find an organization that can help you with it all. Check out their directory!
National Abortion Federation Hotline
The NAF Hotline Fund operates the largest national, toll-free, multi-lingual Hotline for abortion referrals and financial assistance in the U.S. and Canada. You will be provided with accurate, confidential information on how to receive an abortion, funds so you can pay for an abortion, and it’s all completely free!
Locating Abortion Care and information
Have you been scouring the internet, trying to find a trustworthy clinic that is judgment-free, transparent, and actually provides abortions? INeedAnA.com not only locates your closest clinic but also gives people seeking abortions the information most relevant to their individual circumstances.
Abortion Finder is an easy-to-use search tool built on a database of over 750 verified abortion providers across the country. You can enter your age, the first day of your last period, and your location, and we will give you a list of abortion providers who can help you.
National Abortion Federation Hotline
The NAF Hotline Fund operates the largest national, toll-free, multi-lingual Hotline for abortion referrals and financial assistance in the U.S. and Canada. You will be provided with accurate, confidential information on how to receive an abortion, funds to pay for an abortion, and even a Case Manager who will personally help you through your situation!
The World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH)
WPATH is a non-profit, interdisciplinary professional and educational organization devoted to transgender health. They provide referrals to healthcare professionals as well as educational resources related to trans healthcare. Whether you need abortion care or a supportive family doctor, this website can help you navigate your search.
Emotional Support Before, During, and After Your abortion
All Options (formerly known as Backline)
If you’re pregnant and unsure about what you’d like to do, consider calling this hotline to discuss your options with an unbiased, supportive person. All-Options supports folks in the full spectrum of pregnancy experiences— including pregnancy, abortion, adoption, parenting, miscarriage, after-abortion counseling, and infertility.
This is a confidential, private, and secured phone and text hotline for people in need of support for self-managed, miscarriage, or abortion care. They are pro-abortion clinicians with years of experience in caring for miscarriage and abortion patients.
Reprocare supports people having abortions with pills at home. Their anonymous healthline provides peer-based emotional support, medical information, and referrals if you need it!
Exhale offers a free, national textline that provides emotional support, resources, and information. Texts are completely confidential and counselors offer support and respect without judgment. The Exhale textline is available to individuals who have had abortions, and to their partners, friends, allies, and family members.
After abortion feelings and reactions are complex, and about more than just abortion. This free-to-download workbook can guide you through some basic steps to feeling better emotionally and spiritually if you are having a hard time after your abortion experience. It can also give you suggestions about further help. It may also be useful if you just want more resolution about an abortion experience.
Very little has been written for, or about, the many millions of men who have been the partner or friend of the person who has had an abortion. Here’s a website that provides frequently asked questions when supporting someone who’s had an abortion. (Here are two articles from Glamour and the Daily Kos on why abortion matters to men.)
Legal Support
If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice
This organization offers free consultation on the law when taking abortion pills. If you have questions about your legal rights, contact their free helpline! If they cannot give you legal advice, then they will try to connect you with a lawyer in your state.
Jane’s Due Process helps young people in Texas navigate parental consent laws and confidentially access abortion and birth control. They provide free legal support, 1-on-1 case management, and stigma-free information on sexual and reproductive health.
Abortion Pills (Self-Managed Abortions)
Abortion On Demand (AOD)
Abortion On Demand is designed to get abortion pills to people who need them as quickly and safely as possible. By using telemedicine and automation technology, AOD is built to provide early abortion pills in 22 states. Check out their website to see if they can help you too!
Aid Access consists of a committed team of doctors, activists, and advocates who assist patients who do not have the possibility of accessing local abortion services. This means that if you need information on how to take abortion pills on your own, what you should expect through the process,
Choix offers medication for anyone age 16 and older in California looking to safely end a pregnancy in the first 10 weeks from the comfort of home, without an office visit or an appointment. Financial assistance is available.
Hey Jane offers safe, affordable, and legal telemedicine medication abortion services in Washington, New York, California, Colorado, Illinois, and New Mexico states. Patients can get the abortion medications mailed directly to their home.
Financial sliding scale assistance is available in partnership with Reprocare.