Just like I did on the episode, I’m starting here with a link to an article that talks about abortions in the early Indigenous societies of North America before the US was colonized.
This one is really good for digging in deep into the history of abortion access in this nation for the Indigenous community as well as enslaved peoples and for looking backward to the European roots of the people who colonized this country in the first place.
This is a long read, but it’s interesting and important to really understand the history behind this topic. This article will get into the same thing as the other two but it will also talk about the constitutionality of abortion access, the founding fathers, the presidential opinion, and medical community, and so on. It’s a really good read and it links to other articles and essays for further reading.
This article talks about the American Medical Association and the nursing profession and how those two things played a part in criminalizing abortion in the US. This is where I pulled quotes about the AMA and about early medical students and doctors changing the perspective on gynecologic care.
This link is obviously a little bias as it comes from Planned Parenthood, but it’s a good place to read about the early fight for abortion access and for further reading on the cases and ammendments that decided whether people could get one or not.
This one is from the ACLU and is specifically about the racist history of abortion control in the US.
And this one is specifically about unsafe abortions by people who are going to seek them out even if they are criminalized. Because people who can become pregnant who for their own reasons cannot continue their pregnancy, some of them will choose to end it no matter the danger. This Doctors Without Borders article will talk about that.
At the beginning, middle, and end of this episode we talked about not trying any of these herbal abortifacients because they can be extremely dangerous and often fatal. If you need an abortion, we want you to find a way to do it safely. We don’t know any of you personally, but we still care about you. Below, we’re going to put in a bunch of buttons which will lead you to resources for abortion access and funds.
This button will take you to a website that will let you search for abortion funds both in your state and nationally. It provides instructions right at the top on how to search for them.
This website will help you find an abortion provider or funds, and they will do it for free. There’s a free hotline you can call if you need help.
Here is another site that will help hook you up with funding. WRRAP will “work directly with pre-qualified, reputable reproductive health clinics across the U.S. on behalf of the person in need.”
This link takes you to the Brigid Alliance. They “book, coordinate and pay for travel, travel expenses, and child care.” They say “wherever someone needs to get to abortion care in the U.S., we find a way to get them there.”
This link takes you to the ACLU where there is a list of links to other places where you can go for info on local laws, help with funds, or help with travel. These resource links are largely geared toward BIPOC.
This link is incredibly helpful! There are literally dozens of resources on this one page that will take you to info on your options, support networks for before and after your abortion or miscarriage, funding, finding a provider, legal support, and various helpline for talk and text no matter what your need or identity is (they have faith based, youth, BIPOC, domestic violence, sexual assault, and more).
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