Here are resourceful links to help with your decision-making.
ABORTION COUNSELING RESOURCES
All-Options (all-options.org) is a talkline (1-888-493-0092) for unconditional, judgment-free support for all your feelings, decisions, and experiences with pregnancy, parenting, abortion, and adoption. Toll-free from anywhere in the United States and Canada. Mon. - Fri. 10am – 1am, Sat-Sun 10am – 6pm Eastern Time.
Carolina Abortion Fund (carolinaabortionfund.org) CAF operates a confidential, toll-free helpline that provides financial, practical, and emotional support to callers in North and South Carolina trying to access abortion care. If you are a minor and need an abortion, they know that parental consent isn’t always an option, and they can help. Text ABBY at 844-997-2229.
Just Choice (justchoice.org) offers all-options counseling support to all people we serve. They can help create plans that center you when adoption or parenting is chosen.
Imagine Counseling with Charlotte Taft (beforeandafterabortion.com) via phone is available for your comfort and ease. Charlotte has produced helpful questions and information and an audio workbook is available.
Exhale (exhaleprovoice.org) post-abortion counseling. Need to talk with someone about your abortion experience? Looking to support your partner, child, or friend after their abortion? Text Exhale Pro-Voice, 617-749-2948, for nonjudgmental after-abortion support. Available in the United States and Canada:
Florida Access Network (flaccessnetwork.org) builds pathways for abortion access by advocating for reproductive justice, funding abortion care, and providing logistical support. FAN holds space for folks that have had abortions with the Hibiscus Abortion Support Group, a peer-led, non-medical group that exists to build community and support people's process and heal from abortion stigma.
Pregnancy Options (pregnancyoptions.info) has important information on abortion and helpful decision-making tools, including a Workbook.
2 Plus Abortions (2plusabortions.com) is a community to share stories and support people who have had two or more abortions.
ABORTION AND TEENS
Carolina Abortion Fund (carolinaabortionfund.org) If you are a minor and need an abortion, they know that parental consent isn’t always an option and they can help. Text ABBY at 844-997-2229.
Floridians for Reproductive Freedom (teenabortionflorida.com) is a teen’s first step in accessing an abortion without permission from a parent or legal guardian in Florida. The website is for people under 18 to learn about what to expect when asking a judge for a waiver.
Jane’s Due Process (janesdueprocess.org/) In the state of Florida, judicial bypass is available to any young person in Florida under the age of 18 who chooses not to, or cannot, seek consent from a parent in their abortion decision. If you are a minor in need of assistance with the judicial bypass process, please contact Jane's Due Process’s hotline (866) 999-5263. They accept calls 24 hours a day and texts between 8am-11pm every day of the week.
ABORTION AND RELIGION
Abortions Welcome (abortionswelcome.org) is a pro-choice spiritual companion for use before, during, and after abortion.
Catholics For Choice (catholicsforchoice.org) is a social justice organization devoted to research, policy analysis, education, and advocacy on issues of gender equality and reproductive health.
Faith Aloud (faithaloud.org) Calls to 1-888-717-5010 will be answered live on Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 11am-2pm and 3pm-6pm ET. For calls made outside of these times, folks can leave a message and one of our clergy volunteers will call them back. Trained counselors are clergy of various religious faiths: Roman Catholic, Jewish, Unitarian Universalist, Protestant Christian, and Buddhist. Persons of no particular religious faith are equally welcome to receive services. Faith Aloud supports reproductive freedom for every person.
National Council of Jewish Women (ncjw.org) is a volunteer organization that works through a program of research, education, advocacy, and community service to improve the quality of life for women, children, and families and strives to ensure individual rights and freedoms for all.
ABORTION AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS
Abortion Care Network (abortioncarenetwork.org) ACN provides resources for people who are pregnant and need help, for people who need help after their abortion, and much, much more.
Center for Reproductive Rights (reproductiverights.org) CRR is an independent, nonprofit legal organization dedicated to ensuring that all women have access to reproductive health services. The site offers fact sheets, reports, articles, and news on topics on abortion.
Feminist Majority Foundation (feminist.org) The Foundation’s mission is to create innovative, cutting-edge research, educational programs, and strategies to further women’s equality and empowerment, reduce violence toward women, increase the health and economic well-being of women, and eliminate discrimination of all kinds.
Guttmacher Institute (guttmacher.org/sections/abortion.php) The mission of the Guttmacher Institute is a leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in the United States and globally. They provide reliable, balanced, nonpartisan information on sexual activity, contraception, abortion, and childbearing.
National Abortion Federation (NAF) (prochoice.org) The mission of the National Abortion Federation is to unite, represent, serve, and support abortion providers in delivering patient-centered, evidence-based care. NAF members care for approximately half the women who choose abortion in the U.S. and Canada each year. Our Board has developed Ethical Principles for Abortion Care, which our members must follow.
ABORTION PILL
Early Option Pill (earlyoptionpill.com) Danco Laboratories, a women’s health pharmaceutical company, is the American distributor of Mifeprex. The site has comprehensive information on the abortion pill, the first FDA-approved pill for ending early pregnancy.