| Resource | Comments |
|---|---|
| American Civil Liberties Union Reproductive Freedom Project https://www.aclu.org/issues/reproductive-freedom | Offers free legal assistance throughout the country; for local assistance, see https://www.aclu.org/contact-us or call 212-549-2500 |
| California Women's Law Center https://www.cwlc.org | Uses transformative litigation, policy advocacy, and education to support women and girls in California; one focus is women's health, including access to abortion and contraception; offers training and technical assistance and occasionally represents plaintiffs in impact litigation cases |
| Center for Reproductive Rights https://reproductiverights.org | Global human rights organization of lawyers engaged in litigation, legal policy, and advocacy; specializes in impact litigation to challenge abortion restrictions; real-time map listing abortion bans, restrictions, and protections available at https://reproductiverights.org/maps/abortion-laws-by-state |
| Digital Defense Fund https://digitaldefensefund.org | Digital security for the abortion access movement; resource library to help individuals and organizations protect themselves and their digital data; digital security trainings, security evaluations, and software for volunteer application and vetting; secure text hotline |
| Gender Justice https://www.genderjustice.us | Focuses on strategic impact litigation, legislative advocacy, and education for gender equity, including reproductive freedom and justice |
| Guttmacher Institute https://www.guttmacher.org | Research and policy organization supporting global research and advocacy for sexual and reproductive health; high-quality research and evidence-based policy analysis for the United States, individual states, and international areas of interest |
| If/When/How: Defense Fund https://reprolegaldefensefund.org | Covers bail and legal fees for people who are unjustly targeted by police or prosecutors for self-managing abortion outside of a clinical setting |
| If/When/How: Repro Legal Helpline https://reprolegalhelpline.org | Free, confidential, legal information about self-managed abortion and judicial bypass; connects patients and clinicians to local resources or lawyers, depending on needs and location; training and resources for clinicians; for assistance, call 844-868-2812 or send message through a secure online form |
| Innovating Education in Reproductive Health: University of California San Francisco Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health https://www.innovating-education.org | Free curricula for sexual and reproductive health, including abortion; recorded lectures and courses with continuing education credit; the series When Abortion is Not Available supports clinicians in states where in-clinic abortion is illegal |
| Legal Voice https://www.legalvoice.org | Protects and defends the civil rights of women and LGBTQ people in the northwest United States through groundbreaking litigation, legislative advocacy, and legal rights education |
| National Women's Law Center https://nwlc.org/legal-help | Legal and policy network fighting for gender equity; assists abortion providers (and others who support abortion) facing employment discrimination; assists patients facing sexual discrimination or harassment in health care |
| New York State Attorney General's Office Pro Bono Task Force for Reproductive Health https://ag.ny.gov/reproductivehealth | Collaboration with 24 national law firms and eight nonprofits; supports residents and nonresidents seeking abortions in New York state, people and organizations supporting these patients, and New York health care professionals; hotline available in 12 languages: 212-899-5567 |
| Pregnancy Justice https://www.pregnancyjusticeus.org | Supports pregnant people and mothers, especially those who are more likely to be affected by criminalization of pregnancy outcomes (e.g., minorities, individuals who are poor or use drugs); provides legal assistance, policy and legislative advocacy, and education; Confronting Pregnancy Criminalization: A Practical Guide for Healthcare Providers, Lawyers, Medical Examiners, Child Welfare Workers, and Policymakers available at https://www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1.Confronting-Pregnancy-Criminalization_6.22.23-1.pdf |
| Reproductive Health Access Project https://www.reproductiveaccess.org | Mobilizes, trains, and supports clinicians to make sexual and reproductive health care accessible for all; focuses on abortion, contraception, and miscarriage care; informative presentations, clinic resources, patient handouts; sign up online for email updates or join a regional cluster to network with others |
| Reproductive Health Education in Family Medicine: Department of Family and Social Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center https://rhedi.org | Promotes patient-centered abortion and contraceptive training in family medicine residencies; research, protocols for clinical use, training opportunities, and curricula on topics including sexual and reproductive justice, medication abortion, aspiration abortion, contraception counseling, and options counseling |
| Resources for Abortion Delivery https://radprogram.org | Provides grants and loans, technical support, free legal advice for compliance and regulations, and funder services |
| Southwest Women's Law Center https://swwomenslaw.org | Supports women and girls in New Mexico through legal policy advocacy and legal advice; offers limited legal brief services |
| The Lawyering Project https://lawyeringproject.org | Two major focus areas: constitutional litigation and an access and innovation program, which offers legal assistance to abortion providers and organizations that support abortion care |
| U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights https://ocrportal.hhs.gov | Patients can file a complaint if a health care professional has violated their rights under HIPAA |
| Women's Law Project https://www.womenslawproject.org | Provides free, confidential legal representation to young people needing judicial bypass and legal assistance and pregnant people encountering barriers to reproductive health care |