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reproductive health care resources

Got questions? Here’s where you can find help from Planned Parenthood experts in real time! It’s free, confidential, and judgment-free.

CHAT ON LINE AT http://www.plannedparenthood.org/chat or text “”PPNow” to 774636 (PPINFO)

For the Planned Parenthood nearest you, call 801.532.1586 or visit http://www.PPAU.org

Abortion Finder: AbortionFinder.org features the most comprehensive directory of trusted (and verified) abortion service providers in the U.S.

Find care and support at AbortionFinder.org

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how to spread

reproductive & abortion positivity

Share accurate information & resources. Watch webinars from reliable sources, such as Planned Parenthood, that serve all Women’s Reproductive health care options. Talk with nurses, doctors, and Women’s Reproductive Healthcare facilities that offer and promote a Woman’s right to choose.

Foster open discussion through being empathetic and interested in learning about others’ beliefs and ideas about abortion. Harmful words won’t foster open discussion. Recall a time when someone was using harmful words or pushing their agenda on you. How safe did you feel to open up and share?!

Cultivate open discussions about reproductive health care and abortion with those who were born as, and/or identify as, male. Those who were born as and identify as male might not ever be able to “understand” what it is to have a female body, and what goes hand-in-hand with the physical nature of reproductive health care.

It’s fruitless to “try” and get them to. What is healing, and can be trajectory-changing, is to engage them in discussions about elements in reproductive health care and abortion that impact them directly, such as loss of a spouse, the mother of their children, their own mother, sister, or other family members, due to not being able to receive emergency health care.

Also engage them in discussion about mental health, financial well-being, and their experiencing trauma from witnessing someone they love not being able to get healthcare services that are needed or wanted. Talk with them about how they can get involved, and let them know that they, too, have an impactful and important voice in this movement. Them feeling like they are a part of the conversation creates an atmosphere of inviting growth in empathy and change. In order for there to be lasting change with this issue, we NEED our male family, friends, & co-workers to feel included and to know how to support this cause.

When talking with someone who has had an abortion it is essential to treat the person with empathy, understanding, & respect. It is important to humanize those who’ve had abortions as a way to decrease barriers and dissolve judgment. This might show up in conversations using statements such as, “It’s not for me or for others to judge,” or “I don’t feel comfortable about deciding for someone else whether or not they should have an abortion. I feel the decision to have an abortion is a deeply personal choice,” or “I am here to support you as you move through your process with having an abortion.” Statements like this can shift conversations towards compassion and respect for personal decisions.

Get in touch with your own abortion stigma, and process it.

Use social media to amplify abortion – through using your voice loudly yet positively.

Support policies that protect access to services.

Promote diverse and positive media portrayals.

Hold your intent about building abortion positivity such that you can identify if you’ve slipped into a mindset or group-think that includes abortion bias. If you find that you have, take a moment to breathe, remember your intent, and then proceed. Our energy is powerful! Using your energy to push against something only intensifies its momentum – this includes others’ beliefs and ideas about reproductive freedom that differ from your own! BEING CLEAR AND STRONG FROM YOUR HIGHEST INTENT IS YOUR TRUE SUPER POWER!

Stay strong – green on!