Happy Hump Day, Shit Givers.
In about a week, it’ll be 4 years since Dobbs overturned Roe and handed abortion access back to the states. In practice, that has meant 50 different answers to the question of whether you get to decide what happens to your own body. For some of you, the answer probably hasn’t changed much, but for others it definitely has.
And to be clear: this isn’t a “women’s issue” you get to opt out of it if doesn’t apply to you right now. Bodily autonomy is the principle that your own medical decisions belong to you. The same legal reasoning that strips abortion access has already been floated for contraception, IVF, and gender-affirming care (which is also much broader than many people initially assume).
Maybe today, it’s not your body on the line. That’s exactly why it’s worth defending now, while you still have the bandwidth to fight for someone else’s.
Bodily autonomy is whether the nearest clinic is down the street or a 12-hour drive away, whether contraception is covered or restricted, whether the data from your period-tracking app could someday be used against you.
So let’s get to the funding, advocacy, and education we need to fill that gap between “legal” and “accessible.”
Let’s go.
— Willow
Help carry the load
Positions: Abortion legal and accessible in all states, No abortion waiting periods
Since Dobbs, people in ban states have been traveling further for care than ever, often hundreds of miles, into neighboring states whose clinics and funds are now stretched thin covering out-of-state patients. Supporting these funds means supporting the receiving end of that pipeline. These five are among the highest-rated abortion funds out there.
Here’s what you can do:
Chicago Abortion Fund — supporting abortion access across the Midwest with funding and real care (go).
Wisconsin Abortion Fund — over 50 years of on-the-ground impact in Wisconsin (go).
Abortion Fund of Maryland — Funding access for anyone traveling to or within Maryland (go).
Blue Ridge Abortion Fund — Making abortion care affordable across Virginia (go).
DC Abortion Fund — Mutual aid for abortion access in Washington, D.C. (go).
👉 Don’t see your state? Find your local abortion fund here.
The National Backbone
Positions: Abortion legal and accessible in all states, Medication abortion access preserved
If you’d rather your dollars go wherever the need is greatest, or you want to support the system behind the system, these national orgs have you covered.
Here’s what you can do:
National Network of Abortion Funds — The umbrella org that channels support to local funds across the country (go).
Keep Our Clinics — Defending independent abortion clinics nationwide, the physical infrastructure of access (go).
The Brigid Alliance — Covers the travel logistics for people forced to leave their state for care (go).
Plan C — Supporting access to abortion pills by mail in all 50 states, including where clinics no longer exist (go).
Physicians for Reproductive Health — Backing the doctors defending abortion access through advocacy and policy work (go).
Know the Landscape
Positions: Clinic buffer zones protected
Staying informed is its own kind of action. It’s how you know where the next fight is, and where your support matters most.
Here’s what you can do:
Abortion State Policy Trends — Guttmacher’s full breakdown of how state abortion policy shifted in 2025 (go).
Guttmacher Institute — The research backbone behind nearly every reproductive rights statistic you’ve seen (go).
Become an Abortion-Clinic Escort — What it actually takes to safely walk patients into a clinic, and how to sign up (go).
Abortion Positivity Project — Unlearning the stigmatizing language that shapes how we talk (and think) about abortion (go).
What’s next on the chopping block
Positions: Contraception access protected, IVF access protected
Bodily autonomy is bigger than one procedure. It’s also contraception access, the federal law that could lock these rights in for good, and the digital trail that can put people at risk simply for seeking care.
Here’s what you can do:
Women’s Health Protection Act — Tell Congress to codify abortion rights into federal law (go).
Protect Reproductive Health Data — Tell senators to support privacy protections so reproductive health data can’t be weaponized (go).
Birth Control Center — Harvard’s tool for finding the contraception method that’s actually right for your body (go).
adyn — Personalized, science-backed birth control recommendations (go).
That’s it for this week. Fund a clinic, call a senator, or just send this to someone who needs to see it.
Thank you — as always — for giving a shit.
— Willow
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