Oklahomans Need Abortion Care with Support and Compassion - Not Punishment!
No one should be forced to stay pregnant if they can’t or don’t want to. No one should be investigated or arrested for having a miscarriage or an abortion, or for helping someone you love get the care they need. It’s already happening in Oklahoma and will only get worse now that the Supreme Court and anti-abortion politicians took away our right to abortion.
There are safe, effective medications you can take at home to end a pregnancy, but there’s a risk: people who end their own pregnancies or those who help them have been targeted, reported, prosecuted, or even jailed.
By banning abortion and making it a crime, state officials will target us with more government surveillance, investigation, and control for ending or losing a pregnancy. Our health care and legal systems are racist, and abortion bans hurt the same people who are already targeted by police and struggle to get health care: People of color, young people, queer and trans folks, those who use substances, and those living with disabilities, in rural areas, or on limited funds.
Oklahomans deserve freedom from state violence and control over our own bodies, lives, and futures. We’re building power to take back control and fight for true reproductive justice, including the right to have or not to have a child and respect for families in all their forms. We’re here for our community and support is available.
For those who think they are pregnant
ReproAction Fake Clinic Database: These are dangerous fake clinics who are not required to protect your health information. This is a database of fake clinics across the country. Do not go to a crisis pregnancy center if you think you are pregnant.
For those seeking an abortion:
INeedAnA.com: Vetted, up to date and personalized info on where and how to get an abortion in a clinic; no search or user data is saved.
AbortionFinder: Use this comprehensive tool – fully available in English and Spanish – to find trusted and verified abortion care and support across the U.S. No search or user data is saved.
Practical Support Organizations (PSO's) Directory: PSO's help abortion seekers with travel and logistical support– this directory can identify a PSO close by.
For support for abortion seekers in cases of medical or legal complications:
M+A Hotline: A confidential, private and secure phone and text hotline for people in need of support for self-managed miscarriage or abortion.
Repro Legal Helpline: If you have questions about self-managed abortion and the law, If/When/How can help. The Repro Legal Helpline is a free, confidential source for legal advice and information on self-managed abortion. Visit ReproLegalHelpline.org or call 844-868-2812.
FOR THOSE SEEKING GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE
Campaign for Southern Equality: Resources for Transgender Youth and Families in Oklahoma impacted by SB 613.
Trust Women: The Trust Women Clinic in OKC now offers patient-driven gender-affirming care for people of all gender-identities and expressions, including hormone therapy and reproductive health care that centers 2SLGBTQIA+ patients.
Planned Parenthood Great Plains: Planned Parenthood Great Plains Oklahoma Offices offer gender-affirming hormone care for patients 18 and older.
For Harm Reduction Kits:
Oklahoma Harm Reduction Alliance: The Oklahoma Harm Reduction Alliance strives to empower Oklahomans who use drugs with supplies, advocacy, community education, and outreach services to de-stigmatize substance use in our state.
Shred The Stigma: FREE and ANONYMOUS Harm Reduction Supplies such as Narcan kits, Test Strips, and Sterile equipment for safe drug use.
S.H.O.T.S. (Stop Harm on Tulsa Streets): Is a Tulsa-based Collective focusing on harm reduction in Tulsa.
For those wanting to learn more about digital security:
Digital Defense Fund: Tech experts weigh in and give you the information you need to protect your online data with a host of guides that walk you through everything you need to know.
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Digital Security and Privacy Tips for Those Involved in Abortion Access
Signal: End-to-End encryption to keep your conversations secure. Set a timer to your messages so they disappear after a certain amount of time set by you.
For those who use period tracking apps:
Euki: If you use a period tracking app, it likely tracks your data. Euki does not collect or store any of your data on a cloud. It lives on your phone and in the app and is not shared anywhere else. There is no back-end that collects your data.
For people of faith who need support for their abortions or clergy looking to get involved:
All-Options Faith Aloud: clergy counseling line provides compassionate and nonjudgmental support from trained clergy and religious leaders of diverse faith backgrounds. If you’d like to talk about the spiritual or religious aspects of your abortion or pregnancy experience, call 1-888-717-5010.
Catholics for Choice: seeks to shape and advance sexual and reproductive ethics that are based on justice, reflect a commitment to women’s well-being and respect and affirm the capacity of women and men to make moral decisions about their lives.
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice: is a broad-based, national, interfaith movement that brings the moral force of religion to protect and advance reproductive health, choice, rights and justice through education, prophetic witness, pastoral presence and advocacy.
Interfaith Voices for Reproductive Justice: was created to build and galvanize an interfaith movement of progressive voices collectively working to construct new, progressive theological and ethical paradigms that affirm women’s moral capacity to make decisions that are in women’s own best interests, benefits their families, and contributes to the good of the broader community.
For protest safety – We keep us safe!:
ACLU Know Your Rights: The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the exercise of speech rights. Make sure you’re prepared by brushing up on your rights before heading out into the streets.
Across Frontlines Protest Safety: Here are some things you can do in advance to prepare for a protest or action to ensure you, and your community will be safe. Check out their tips!
Equality Labs Guide to Digital Resilience During Actions: This guide is a quick primer on some of the things you can do to protect yourself and others before, during, and after movement actions.
Oklahomans need abortion care with love and compassion - not punishment and fear of state violence. We’re building a movement that demands real access to abortion care, laws that support us, and a culture where our decisions are met with dignity and support. That future also includes support for using safe, effective medication abortion to self-manage an abortion without risk of arrest, prosecution or jail. Join the fight for our control, power, and freedom.