In pre-Roe v Wade America, wealthy people seeking abortions frequently travelled internationally to places where the procedure was legal, or paid top dollar to trained doctors who performed sanitary abortions for the elite domestically. Now, as then, the wealth gap is a large determining factor in who can, and who cannot, receive safe abortion care. With the upcoming expected overturning of Roe v Wade, we know that gap will only continue to grow.
As a community of young people with class privilege we know that there is no dignity in accessing something being denied to others. We give a huge appreciation to the reproductive justice leaders who remind us that collective reproductive liberation lies in the bodily autonomy of poor, working-class women, trans and non-brinary folks, and BIPOC. And, we know that on an issue this big we’re all impacted. Whether it's ourselves, our cousins, or our partners the saying is true, we all love someone who has had an abortion.
We’re highlighting several ways to take action and get in formation for this fight, with a reminder that reproductive justice organizations have been preparing for this moment and need us to show up calm, committed, and in it for the long haul:
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Join the the RG member-led Fund Abortion Now organizing team at their next meeting, this Saturday 5/7 at 3PM ET. Fund Abortion Now intends to move $1 million dollars to the National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF) over the next 3 years. The call will ground in this current moment and focus on planning for a summer panel series. Whether you join the call or not you can…
- Check out and share their digital zine
- Give general operating dollars directly to NNAF at nnaf.org/resourcegeneration
- Give to NNAF’s Collective Power Fund at nnaf.org/resourcegenerationcpf which will be redistributed to member funds
- Give directly to your local Abortion Fund via this list
- Give to Groundswell Fund, a longtime RG partner and national intermediary focused on gender and reproductive justice
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Join our campaign partners, Center For Popular Democracy on a call tonight, Thursday 5/5 at 6 ET/3 PT to learn more about the effort to abolish the filibuster expand the Court– key wins needed to secure national protection for abortion.
- Borealis Philanthropy is hosting a #BeyondChoice webinar on May 11th at 1pm ET/ 10am PT. Borealis grantees will be sharing more about their strategies in this moment and what they need from funders to respond to this moment and build for the long haul.
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Connect with local actions and other RG members in your area to attend demonstrations.
Through this next period of mobilization we’ll be grounding in Rapid Response Best Donor Practices– fund the ecosystem, and give big and for the long term. We hope to see you at one of these upcoming events and/or in the streets.
The RG Organizing Team
