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All-Options Talkline offers toll-free, confidential, nonjudgmental and unconditional support if you are trying to make a decision about a current pregnancy, need support around fertility, pregnancy, or parenting, or want to talk about an experience (past or present) with abortion, adoption, or pregnancy loss. Available in English and Spanish. Call: 888-493-0092, www.all-options.org
Connect & Breathe offers a talkline staffed by people trained to listen and provide unbiased support and encouragement of self-care for callers after their abortions. Call: 866-647-1764, www.connectandbreathe.org
Exhale Pro-Voice After Abortion Support Textline specifically for people who are seeking unconditional support and space to process after their abortions. Call: 617-749-2948, www.exhaleprovoice.org/after-abortion-textline/
Faith Aloud wants every woman to feel supported and confident in her pregnancy decision and offers spiritual support, resources and counseling by trained clergy. Call: 888-717-5010, www.faithaloud.org
If/When/How hosts a helpline and website with legal information and support for people who have self-managed their abortions. www.reprolegalhelpline.org
Imagine Counseling offers support in the form of pro-choice counseling by phone for pregnancy decisions and for pre-abortion and post-abortion needs. Fees listed on website. www.imaginecounseling.com
Before and After Abortion offers a series of abortion counseling sessions for before and after abortions. www.beforeandafterabortion.com
The NAF Hotline is a free and anonymous resource for abortion funding support and unbiased information about abortion. Available in multiple languages Call: 800-772-9100
The NAF Referral Hotline will connect you with a staff member who can direct you to quality abortion providers in your area. This is not a funding line. Available in multiple languages. Call: 877-257-0012
NOTE: CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS or Women’s HELP Centers are groups that are specifically against abortion for any reason, although they may advertise themselves in ways that do not make that clear. Rachel’s Vineyard, affiliated with Catholic Churches who oppose legal abortion, also sponsor support groups for women who have had abortions.
Although there is value in being able to talk to other women who have had abortions, the anti-abortion agenda of Rachel’s Vineyard or Crisis Pregnancy Centers may make it difficult to get the kind of help you need to heal, unless you take a political stand against abortion.
Abortion Care Network allows you to search a network of independent clinics to find an abortion care provider or clinic near you. www.abortioncarenetwork.org
Abortion Conversation Projects offers support and resources and challenges the cultural stigma surrounding abortion, offering resources for having difficult conversations about abortion. www.abortionconversationprojects.org
Childless by Choice Project is for those choosing not to have children. www.childlessbychoiceproject.com
Ending a Wanted Pregnancy has resources and a community forum for those who have terminated a pregnancy because of a severe birth defect or threat to the pregnant person. www.endingawantedpregnancy.com
Euki is an app run by Women Help Women that connects people with unbiased information about pregnancy options and abortion care. www.womenhelp.org/en/page/1082/euki-app
Faith Aloud wants every woman to feel supported and confident in her pregnancy decision and offers spiritual support, resources and counseling by trained clergy. www.faithaloud.org
I Need an Abortion can walk you through the steps of accessing abortion care, from learning more about what to expect from the procedure, to finding a vetted clinic, to locating funding and other resources. www.ineedana.com
Men and Abortion offers informational and emotional support for men, as well as insight for partners of people choosing abortion. www.abortionconversationprojects.org/men-and-abortion
National Abortion Federation offers resources to help women think through their options, a map of safe abortion providers across the United States, and a national fund that can help assist with the cost of abortion procedures. www.prochoice.org
National Network of Abortion Funds hosts a list of state and local abortion funds that can help with the cost of abortion. www.abortionfunds.org
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice offers spiritual and religious resources. State affiliates of the organization may offer counseling and referrals to clergy. www.rcrc.org
Women on Web is a resource for people who cannot access abortion because of logistical or legal barriers. The website can connect you with a doctor who can provide you with abortion pills, depending on your gestation and health. Women on Web also has information about abortion and a storytelling page. www.womenonweb.org
1 in 3 Campaign is a grassroots movement to start a new conversation about abortion—telling our stories, on our own terms. www.1in3campaign.org
2 Plus Abortions helps to raise awareness about the common experience of people who have more than one abortion experience. It offers a compassionate and loving community with affirming messages for those who wish to share their stories about their multiple abortions. www.2plusabortions.com
The Abortion Diary Podcast is a collection of abortion stories, recorded as podcasts and told by the person who had the abortion in their own words. www.theabortiondiarypodcast.com/abortion-stories-share-your-abortion-story/
Histories of Choice started as an oral history project to capture stories from illegal abortion experiences but has included more recent stories as well as stories from those who provide abortion care. https://networks.h-net.org/node/24029/discussions/49919/seeking-participants-histories-choice-stories-abortion-and
Holding Our Space Stories and a space to honor any reproductive loss. www.holdingourspace.tumblr.com
New Orleans Abortion Fund’s Louisiana Abortion Stories Project seeks to grow an oral history archive about people’s experience with abortion access in Louisiana. www.neworleansabortionfund.org/noaf-outloud
Project Voice brings together personal stories to establish a resource of sharing and support. Read stories or share your own at www.projectvoice.org/stories/new
Shout Your Abortion is a decentralized network of individuals talking about abortion on our own terms and creating space for others to do the same. Abortion stories can be read on their website or on their social media platforms. www.shoutyourabortion.com
So, I Had an Abortion is a compassionate forum for abortion storytelling with audio, video, and text stories of people’s experiences. www.soihadanabortion.squarespace.com
Tennessee Stories Project is an effort to reduce abortion stigma by creating a space for Tennesseans to share their personal experiences about abortion. www.tnstories.org
Voices of Courage is a pro-choice abortion storytelling campaign from Physicians for Reproductive Health. www.prh.org/voicesofcourage/
We Testify We Testify, a program of the National Network of Abortion Funds, is dedicated to increasing the spectrum of abortion storytellers in the public sphere and shifting the way the media understands the context and complexity of accessing abortion care. www.wetestify.org
Abortion: Which Method is Right for Me? If you have decided on abortion, this workbook has information about the different methods and options available to you. www.pregnancyoptions.info/whichmethod.htm
Abortion Conversation Projects offers several handouts in English and Spanish for women choosing abortion and those that support them, including You are a Good Woman, Healthy Coping After an Abortion, Will It Hurt? Mom, Dad, I’m Pregnant, and Especially for Men. www.abortionconversationprojects.org
Abortion Resolution Workbook is a workbook to support and guide through unresolved emotional and spiritual feelings that some people may experience after their abortion. www.pregnancyoptions.info
Hope Clinic pamphlets by Anne Baker: Men and Abortion, Coping Well After an Abortion, Women Know and After Her Abortion: For Friends, Parents, and Men. www.hopeclinic.com/public-info/publications.html
You Are Not Alone Conscience Magazine and other pamphlets are available from Catholics for Choice. www.catholicsforchoice.org
A Time to Decide, A Time to Heal by Molly A. Minnick, Kathleen J. Delp and Mary C. Ciotti for parents making difficult decisions about babies they love, written by mothers and fathers who have faced the news of a fetal anomaly with grief and courage.
Abortion: My Choice, God’s Grace: Christian Women Tell Their Stories by Anne Eggebroten, Editor
The Abortion Myth: Feminism, Morality, and the Hard Choices Women Make by Leslie Cannold
About Abortion: Terminating Pregnancy in Twenty-First-Century America by Carol Sanger
The Healing Choice, Your Guide to Emotional Recovery After an Abortion by Candace DePuy, PhD and Dana Dovitch, PhD
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts
Life’s Work: A Moral Argument for Choice by Dr. Willie Parker
Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy by Angela Garbes
Peace After Abortion, A Pro-Choice Self-Help Guide for Women and Men by Ava Torre-Bueno, LCSW www.peaceafterabortion.com
Pride and Joy, Lives and Passions of Women Without Children by Terri Casey
Sacred Choices: The Right to Contraception and Abortion in Ten World Religions by Daniel C. Maguire
Shout Your Abortion by Amelia Bonow and Emily Nokes
Shrill: Women are Funny, It’s Okay to be Fat, and Feminists Don’t have to be Nice by Lindy West
Two Is Enough by Laura Scott Read more about making the choice not to have children at www.childlessbychoiceproject.com
Unspeakable Losses, Understanding the Experience of Pregnancy Loss, Miscarriage, and Abortion by Kim Kluger-Bell