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Jun 24 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
What can you do?
1. Mutual aid - donate to orgs that offer support for women seeking abortion esp those who need to travel to another state.
2. Make sure the ppl especially young ppl around you know that you are available to help confidentially if they need abortion care.
3. Attend peaceful protests happening across the country. Mobilizing empowers us & reminds us & them of our potential power.
4. Flood the offices of your state reps NOW (strategic visits, phone calls, texts, tweets) and tell them to oppose any state restrictions on abortion.
5. Organize at the local level with groups focused on strengthening the voice of progressive women and girls to advocate.
6. Make sure your D.A. knows that how you will vote in their next election if they participate in prosecuting women who seek abortion care or those who assist
7. If your neighboring state prohibits abortion, form groups who can help women from those states access travel & care in your state.
8. Register & vote in every election this year (primary, special,general) & for every office (sheriff, D.A., school board, House & Senate).
9. Express your alarm abt the Supreme Court's actions w/your representatives in Congress. They need to hear your concern and your expectations.
10. Decide today that you will never give up fighting for the country you want for yourself, your children, your community. Decide it. Then no matter what happens, you won't be swayed or paralyzed.
Resources abound. Here are examples. I am not intimately involved with any of these organizations so you will need to do your own deep research.
wrrap.org
#Baltimore baltimoreabortionfund.org/about
ProChoice America prochoiceamerica.org
Planned Parenthood clinics still providing abortion.
plannedparenthood.org/abortion-access
Black Reproductive Justice Org.
blackrj.org
Sister Song
sistersong.net
Find a peaceful protest in your community. Many protests are beginning tonight. Here’s one resource. map.wewontgoback.com/?emci=429d1936…
Legal orgs. These I CAN vouch for:
National Women’s Law Center nwlc.org
Center for Reproductive Rights
reproductiverights.org
ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project
aclu.org/issues/reprodu…
That’s all I have today folks. Need to do my own mourning, supporting, donating, calling, marching, strategizing.

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