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National Network of Abortion Funds

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A network of grassroots orgs building power to remove financial, logistical, cultural and political barriers to abortion access.

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Pregnancy Justice@pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is how fetal personhood laws and abortion bans go hand in hand. They are used to arrest and punish pregnant people and take away bodily autonomy - whether they give birth, have an abortion, or lose their pregnancy.

North Carolina Teen Was Arrested for Allegedly Self-Managing an Abortion Abortion bans have always been about criminalizing the pregnant person. By Lauren Rankin, Truthout Published August 11, 2026 Image of Mifepristone and Misoprostol tablets outside of boxThe News & Observer reports that the young woman has been charged with “assault inflicting serious bodily injury on an unborn child, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and negligent child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury.” These are serious felonies with years, even decades, of possible prison time accompanying them. This young woman, who only just turned 18 in June, is facing long-term incarceration for allegedly purchasing and using medication abortion — mifepristone and misoprostol, two medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration — to terminate her own pregnancy. But it’s not clear what the crime actually is. “Fundamentally, self-managing an abortion is not a crime,” Dana Sussman, senior vice president at Pregnancy Justice, told Truthout. “North Carolina has rejected fetal personhood, which means that you cannot convert laws around children or other people to apply to embryos and fetuses … there is no basis in North Carolina law for these charges.”In the first two years after Roe was overturned, Pregnancy Justice counted 412 pregnant people who have been charged with pregnancy-related crimes, despite abortion opponents’ insistence that they never intended, nor wanted, to see abortion patients prosecuted. The criminalization of pregnancy often relies on reinterpreting existing criminal statutes, including child abuse or drug endangerment, to penalize pregnant people for their pregnancy outcomes, even though these laws were originally written for entirely different purposes. In the case of the North Carolina teenager, “There is very clear language in the statutes that talks about harm to an ‘unborn child’; that is very specific about harm by an external actor to someone who is pregnant. That is not about a pregnant woman or pregnant person doing anything to their own body,” Sussman said. This is how pregnant people end up dead — not from taking medication abortion or going to an abortion clinic, but from being too scared to access care when they need it.
National Network of Abortion Funds@abortionfunds.bsky.social · 3w ago

Mass surveillance is a Reproductive Justice issue. You should be able to seek abortion care or flee violence without being spied on by the state. It is not normal to be recorded and tracked 24/7, no matter how many Meta glasses ads and Flock cameras you shove at us. 19thnews.org/2026/08/floc...

Flock is just the latest example of using surveillance to stalk women

The technology is under fire for how police officers have abused it. But it’s only the symptom of a larger problem.

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National Network of Abortion Funds@abortionfunds.bsky.social · 4w ago

Todd Blanche wants to stop the shipping of abortion pills to abortion ban states- and he's just gotten the nomination for ATTORNEY GENERAL. No more anti-abortion rhetoric from our "leaders." 🚨🤳 Let your senator know that Blanche doesn't represent us and tell them to vote NO on his nomination.

Graphic featuring an image of acting attorney general Todd Blanche. Over the graphic are the words "Todd Blanche wants to ensure 'the Dobbs decision becomes permanent in every single state.” TELL YOUR SENATOR: VOTE NO ON HIS NOMINATION. At the bottom is the logo for the National Network of Abortion Funds.
Reproaction@reproaction.bsky.social · last mo.

What does tradwife rhetoric have to do with democratic backsliding? What alarming messages are conservative influencers pushing onto young people? Join Reproaction, July 28 at 12 PM EST during our “Regressive Gender Roles in the Authoritarian Era” webinar: reproaction.org/resource/reg...

Regressive Gender Roles in the Authoritarian Era | Reproaction

At the center of every authoritarian regime is the end goal of achieving control of the entire populations.

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Yellowhammer Fund@yellowfund.bsky.social · 3mo ago

History is not just something we learn about. It's something we carry with us. During our staff retreat, we visited the Equal Justice Initiative to reflect on the histories of injustice, resistance, and resilience that continue to shape our world.

National Network of Abortion Funds@abortionfunds.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🧵 Today, a federal appeals court ruled that abortion seekers can only get mifepristone in person at a health center, in another attack on abortion access that has nothing to do with safety and everything to do with control. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...

Court restricts abortion access across U.S. by blocking the mailing of mifepristone

A panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is requiring that the abortion pill be distributed only in-person at clinics.

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Guttmacher@guttmacher.org · 8mo ago

At today’s Senate HELP Committee hearing on #mifepristone, expect a flood of junk science and false claims from anti-abortion lawmakers and witnesses. Don't fall for their rhetoric. Mife is safe, effective and backed by 25 years of rigorous research.

White text on a blue background says, Medication abortion facts. Below is a list outlining that 'mife' (aka mifepristone) is FDA-approved, safe and effective, backed by 25+ years of evidence, used in over half of US abortions and can be sent by mail via telehealth.