End Abortion Stigma Initiative, South Africa, Fall 2016
EASI's project "Body of Work" uses art and performance in marginalized communities to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Choice On Termination of Pregnancy Act in South Africa.
Amelia Caron of Knoxville Abortion Doula Collective, Fall 2016
Amelia Caron stands outside the Knoxville Center for Reproductive Health. Her organization is creating a hotline and website that will offer information, support, and direct contact with their volunteer abortion doulas who help people going through a reproductive experience.
Passion For Women & Children in Malawi, Video Project, Fall 2015
Passion for Women and Children in Malawi produced an educational video to fight stigma and raise awareness of the tragic consequences of unsafe abortion, which cause more than 1,000 deaths per year in the small African country.
D.I.Y. Doula Project
The Doula Project in New York City created a zine called “DIY Doula: Self Care Before, During & After Your Abortion." It empowers doulas as well as individuals who are considering an abortion or who have had an abortion.
Shift Stigma Mural Project, Fall 2016
The Fort Worth, Texas Whole Woman’s Health Clinic & it's new organization Shift are creating a mural that will serve as a bulwark against virulent anti abortion protests and a beacon for patients who seek abortion care. The Shift Stigma Mural Project replicates a previous ACP funded project in McAllen Texas.
Clinic Vest Project, Fall 2015
The Clinic Vest Project based in Chicago distributes free, colorful clinic escort vests to abortion providers around the country.
Whole Women's Health McAllen Mural Project
Whole Woman’s Health coordinated the painting of a huge mural on the exterior building wall of their clinic when it was forced to close by untenable legislative regulations, reassuring women abortion is legal in Texas.
Holding Our Space, Spring 2015
Holding Our Space in the Boston area creates safe spaces where all pregnancy losses can be recognized. According to Jacqui, the organizer for the event, "We want to honor...experiences that our society doesn't typically honor: infertility, miscarriage, abortion, stillbirth, and loss of an infant."
D.I.Y. Doula Project, Fall 2015
The Doula Project in New York City created a zine called “DIY Doula: Self Care Before, During & After Your Abortion." It empowers doulas as well as individuals who are considering an abortion or who have had an abortion.
Ecumenical Leaders for Choice & Somos Muchas Honduras, "Safer Sex is a Blessing & a Right" Project, Fall 2016
"Safer Sex is a Blessing and a Right" is a road-trip style series of workshops conducted by Ecumenical Leaders for Choice in Honduras.
Megan Smith, Repeal Hyde Art Project, Spring 2014 ACP Grantee
Knoxville Abortion Doula Collective, Fall 2016
Members of the Knoxville Abortion Doula Collective are tabling and spreading the word about their project. They are creating a hotline and website that will offer information, support, and direct contact with their volunteer abortion doulas who help people going through a reproductive experience.
Shift Stigma Mural Project, Fall 2016
The Shift Stigma Mural Project in at the Whole Women's Health clinic in Fort Worth, Texas replicates a previous ACP funded project in McAllen, Texas.
Megan Smith, Repeal Hyde Art Project, Spring 2014 ACP Grantee
Peg Johnston, ACP Board Member
Meg Roberts, Plants for Patients, Fall 2012 ACP Grantee
Meg Roberts, Plants for Patients, ACP Board Member, Fall 2012 ACP Grantee
Social Workers for Reproductive Justice, Spring 2014 ACP Grantee
Join SWRJ, the first Reproductive Justice organization for social workers. ACP gave them funds for a series of training webinars.
The Peace Foundation in Pakistan, Spring 2014 ACP Grantee
A Guide to Emotional and Spiritual Resolution After an Abortion, Distributed by ACP
Peg Johnston and Terry Sallas Merritt, ACP Board members, developed this Guide which is on the internet at www.pregnancyoptions.info. Post abortion health was one of the original issues that ACP addressed in its early days.
Social Workers for Reproductive Justice, Spring 2014 ACP Grantee
Boston Doula Project, Spring 2014 ACP Grantee
Project Voice
Maya Pindyck and others created these post-it notes and placed them on the subways of New York City as a way of pushing back against anti abortion messages.
Boston Doula Project, Spring 2014 ACP Grantee
Reproductive Justice Walking Tour, Words of Choice, Fall 2013 ACP Grantee
The Abortion Monologues, Concord Feminist Health Center, Fall 2012 ACP Grantee
Lifting Latina Voices Initiative, Feminist Women's Health Center, Spring 2013 ACP Grantee
Training for Latina Outreach Workers in Atlanta, Feminist Women's Health Center
Jeannie Ludlow, ACP Board Member
'Abortion Looks Like' Fall 2014 ACP Grantee
Abortion Looks Like tumblr is collecting postcards about people's abortion stories. Send yours!
Family Tree Clinic
The Family Tree Clinic provides birth control and sex education in the Minneapolis area. They convened a dialogue in their community between adoption professionals and abortion providers, to great advantage.
The Peace Foundation in Pakistan, Spring 2014 ACP Grantee
Education for Choice, Spring 2013 ACP Grantee
A youth group in the UK created art and writing to explore the abortion issue.
Education for Choice, Spring 2013 ACP Grantee
Working with teens to tell stories about abortion in the UK.
Emily Letts, notalone.us, Spring 2014 ACP Grantee
Emily Letts filmed her own abortion to dispel myths and stigma around abortion.
Lifting Latina Voices Initiative, Feminist Women's Health Center, Spring 2013 ACP Grantee
FWHC trained Latina Outreach workers about abortion.
Lori Brown, Architexx, Private Choices, Public Spaces, Spring 2014 ACP Grantee
Architexx collaboratively designed a fence for "The Pink House" the only abortion clinic in Mississippi.
Emily Letts, notalone.us, Spring 2014 ACP Grantee
Emily Letts filmed her own abortion to challenge abortion myths and stigma.
Georgia Reproductive Justice Action Network, Fall 2012 ACP Grantee
GRJAN provides abortion funding and support to women in Georgia.
Health Coping After An Abortion, Published by ACP
An early handout produced by the Abortion Conversation Project to help women find healthy coping strategies after an abortion.
Lynne Schmidt, Abortion Chat, Fall 2013 ACP Grantee
Lynne attended conferences to encourage people to write about abortion and to promote her blog.
Project Voice, Fall 2013 ACP Grantee
Reproductive Justice Walking Tour, Words of Choice, Fall 2013 ACP Grantee
Cindy Cooper, of Words of Choice cultural projects, created the Reproductive Justice Walking Tour in NYC as a creative way of getting people engaged in the issues.
Red Balance, Fall 2014 ACP Grantee
Fondo Maria brought together thought leaders to view the videotaped testimonies of women who had abortions, and reached new audiences with a human rights perspective on abortion.
Our Bodies, Our Bikes: Women’s Health and Wellness On and Off the Bicycle, Fall 2013 ACP Grantee
The Peace Foundation in Pakistan, Spring 2014 ACP Grantee
Project Voice, Fall 2013 ACP Grantee
Post it messages were posted on NYC subways to counteract anti abortion posters.
Heather Ault, ACP Board Member with Social Workers for Reproductive Justice
Whole Woman's Health, Fall 2014 ACP Grantee
Site of new mural at McAllen Texas where anti abortion protesters harass women entering the clinic.
Cindy Cooper, Reproductive Justice Walking Tour, Words of Choice, Fall 2013 ACP Grantee
We Are Good Women, UniteWomen.org, Fall 2012 ACP Grantee
UniteWomen invited women to make videos asserting goodness in the face of all kinds of stigma.
WIN.NYC Pro-Choice Network, Fall 2014 ACP Grantee
Abortion Looks Like tumblr
The Peace Foundation in Pakistan, Spring 2014 ACP Grantee
Bringing contraceptives, education, and information about safe abortion to villages in Pakistan.
WIN.NYC Pro-Choice Network, Fall 2014 ACP Grantee
Abortion Looks Like tumblr
Sex in the Zoo Narratives, Blue Mountain Women’s Clinic, Fall 2013 ACP Grantee
An original play using the voices from the women in Missoula MT
Pregnant? Need Help? Pregnancy Options Workbook, Published by ACP
Family Tree Clinic & Bellis Adoption Services, Guided Exchange Session
Knoxville Abortion Doula Collective, Fall 2016
The Knoxville Abortion Doula Collective is creating a hotline and website that will offer information, support, and direct contact with their volunteer abortion doulas who offer support to people going through a reproductive experience.
Knoxville Abortion Doula Collective, Fall 2016
The Knoxville Abortion Doula Collective is creating a hotline and website that will offer information, support, and direct contact with their volunteer abortion doulas who offer support to people going through a reproductive experience.
Katherine Bisanz of Social Workers For Reproductive Justice at ACN Conference, 2017
The Maria Fund, Fall 2014
Red Balance in Mexico collected people's testimonies about their struggle for legalized abortion and our Grant Partner, Fondo Maria Abortion Fund for Social Justice and Red Balance recruited celebrities to amplify the message of those women who told their stories. Here is one of the videos with English subtitles.
Western NY Reproductive Justice Film Series, Fall 2015
The Western New York Reproductive Justice Film Series is a four-part film screening held at different venues and targeting different audiences. After each film, a forum is held and direct action is encouraged.
Lena Hann, Best Practices Guide, Fall 2015
Lena Hann, assistant professor of public health at Augustana College in Illinois, created a resource guide to help abortion care workers connect with patients to view and discuss fetal tissue post-abortion.
The Artivism Project of COLORlatina, Fall 2015
The ARTivism project of COLORLatina and the COLORado 1 in 3 Youth Council blends artistic expression with activism as it fosters dialogue and story collection to challenge abortion stigma.
Better Sex Talk Zine Project, Spring 2015
Student activists at New York University are creating a 'zine on College Abortion Experiences with the support of an ACP Seed Grant.
Engaging With Faith Leaders Project, Spring 2015
The Women's Centers, quality abortion providers based in Pennsylvania, organized positive faith messaging during the World Meeting of Families in September 2015.