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- The story of Jane : the legendary underground feminist abortion service In 1969 - four years before Roe v. Wade decriminalized abortion - a group of women in Chicago responded to a critical problem: the danger and desperation faced by women who could not obtain legal abortions. The group set up an underground abortion referral service with a phone number and a single name: Jane. Soon in constant demand, the service saved lives while giving women affirmation of their right to control their own bodies.
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- Alan Guttmacher Institute The Guttmacher Institute is a leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) worldwide.
- The Center for Reproductive Rights For over 25 years, the Center for Reproductive Rights has used the power of law to advance reproductive rights as fundamental human rights around the world.
- Abortion: National Women 's Law Center The National Women’s Law Center fights for gender justice—in the courts, in public policy, and in our society—working across the issues that are central to the lives of women and girls.
- Reproductive Equity Now Reproductive Equity Now works to make equitable access to the full spectrum of reproductive health care a reality for all people regardless of their race, ethnicity, income, zip code, gender, age, immigration status, ability, sexual orientation, or religion. Advancing reproductive justice and eliminating barriers to safe, legal abortion care are central to our mission.
- NARAL Pro-Choice America The 4 million members of NARAL Pro-Choice America fight for reproductive freedom for every body. Each day, we organize and mobilize to protect that freedom by fighting for access to abortion care, birth control, paid parental leave, and protections from pregnancy discrimination.
- American Civil Liberties Union Reproductive Freedom Project The ACLU works to ensure that every person can make the best decision for themselves and their family about whether and when to have a child without undue political interference.
- Reproductive Rights Prof Blog Law Professor Blogs, LLC is the nation's only network of legal blogs edited primarily by law professors. Law Professor Blogs, LLC’s legal blogs are edited by over 100 law professors, deans, and lawyers. Editors include leading scholars and educators who are committed to providing the web source of legal news, information, commentary, and analysis for law professors, practitioners, government and nonprofit lawyers, and students in their respective fields.
- NOW and Reproductive Rights and Justice NOW is working toward accessible reproductive health care for all women and LGBTQIA+ people. NOW fully supports safe and legal abortion, affordable and effective birth control and other contraception, medication abortion, telemedicine for reproductive care, and reproductive health education for all. We fiercely oppose attempts to restrict reproductive freedom through underhanded legislation and regulations.
- CRRJ Reproductive Justice Virtual Library, UC Berkeley Law CRRJ seeks to realize reproductive rights and advance reproductive justice by furthering scholarship, bolstering advocacy efforts, and influencing public opinion through innovative, multidisciplinary research, teaching, and convenings. We’ve collected a handful of resources that we think will lay a solid foundation of understanding for anyone new to reproductive justice.
- National Abortion Federation The mission of the National Abortion Federation is to unite, represent, serve, and support abortion providers in delivering patient-centered, evidence-based care.
- Abortion in America: How Legislative Overreach is Turning Reproductive Rights into Criminal Wrongs (National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers) The purpose of this Report is not to wade into the maelstrom of fervently held views on the propriety of abortion, nor to suggest that all NACDL members share a common view. Rather it is intended to sound an alarm bell about a wave of expansive prosecutions that will likely follow any significant curtailment or reversal of Roe v. Wade.
