The Brigid Alliance
@brigidalliance.bsky.social
We support people nationwide who must travel for abortion care, funding and arranging logistics for transportation, food, lodging, child care, and more. 🔗: www.brigidalliance.org
This National Aviation Week, we’re thinking about our clients who are forced to travel because the abortion care they need isn’t available where they live. Until abortion is accessible for everyone close to home, we’ll be there to make the journey possible.
Happy #BookLoversDay! 📚 Looking to add to your reading list? These books explore abortion through research, history, and personal stories and offer important perspectives on the realities of abortion care and the people most impacted by barriers to access. What books would you add to the list?
After nearly 21 years, abortion care is once again available closer to home for people in MO. Planned Parenthood Great Rivers’ Springfield clinic has started offering medication abortion, helping reduce the distance many patients have to travel to access care: missouriindependent.com/2026/07/27/a...
Four years after Dobbs, nearly 63 million people live in states where abortion is banned or restricted. Our expanded block funding program helps trusted clinic partners provide support earlier, reducing financial and logistical barriers to care. 💚 Read more: brigidalliance.org/the-brigid-a...
We’re proud to be expanding our clinic-based block funding program, giving clinic partners greater flexibility to provide practical and logistical support, abortion procedures and medication, and contraceptive care. www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/the-nee...
It's Disability Pride Month! 10% of our clients have a disability or chronic condition, and we're committed to providing the tailored logistical support they need to access abortion. Reminder: disabled people have abortions too-everyone deserves access to health care.
Abortion bans force people to travel hundreds of miles for care, miss work, and take on expenses they often can't afford. Those costs pile on top of years of inflation that have driven up prices.Everyone deserves access to abortion, no matter their income.
Every client who comes to us has their own story—and faces their own barriers to care. For 8 years, we've helped people overcome the financial and logistical challenges of accessing abortion care, arranging and funding travel while serving as a trusted source of support throughout the journey.
Four years post-Dobbs, abortion bans and restrictions continue to force people to travel for access. Every day, we help patients navigate barriers that should never exist in the first place, and legal restrictions are often just the beginning.
It's been four years since the Dobbs decision. Since 2018, we have helped people overcome financial and logistical challenges of accessing abortion and collected hundreds of client stories. Today, we want to hear from you! ⬇️
Maryland has codified emergency abortion access to ensure care remains available. A bold step for reproductive rights in the state. #ReproductiveRights #AbortionAccess www.wypr.org/wypr-news/20...
Maryland codifies state-level emergency abortion access amid federal uncertainty
Gov. Wes Moore signed a bill that mirrors the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.
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A look at the heroes of Elevated Access who fly abortion patients to their appointments across state lines - for free!
The Volunteer Pilots Taking Abortion Patients Where They Need to Go
Elevated Access organizes volunteer pilots to fly abortion patients across the country— here's how it works
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A NJ bill will strengthen protections for reproductive & transgender healthcare, helping ensure that patients can access the care they need without fear. The proposal creates new protections for patients & shield providers from extradition to states that have banned such treatments. Read more ⬇️
Harmonie Perrone is suing a hospital and OBGYN after she says she was denied treatment for an ectopic pregnancy. Despite Illinois having some of the strongest abortion protections in the country, her doctor refused an abortion. Read more from @19thnews.org: 19thnews.org/2026/06/illi...
Illinois’ law protects abortion. She says she still couldn’t get treatment for her ectopic pregnancy.
A lawsuit filed in Illinois raises questions about who can get life-saving reproductive health care, even in states with legal protections.
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Happy Pride🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Reminder: Everyone deserves access to compassionate, affirming healthcare and the freedom to make decisions about their own body and future.
⚡ Spotlight on @brigidalliance.bsky.social ⚡ The Brigid Alliance is a referral-based service that provides travel, food, lodging, child care and other logistical support for people seeking abortions. brigidalliance.org #reproductiveautonomy #gethelp #getinformed #getinvolved
Emily Waldorf was denied care for a risky miscarriage due to Arkansas’ abortion ban, even after she met the hospital’s CEO, called the governor’s office and got a lawyer. She was forced to travel hours 5 hours in an ambulance to Kansas for help:
She Faced a Life-Threatening Miscarriage. Under Arkansas’ Abortion Ban, Even Calls to the Governor’s Office Didn’t Help.
Her case shows how abortion bans have left hospital lawyers, not doctors, deciding who gets care — and how lawmakers and regulators have failed to change that.
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A new lawsuit from Minority Veterans of America argues the VA abortion policy strips away essential, time-sensitive healthcare for veterans. The VA had said it will still provide abortions in cases where a pregnant person's life is threatened.
The billboards might have come down, but the message remains the same. This Military Appreciation Month, we’re reminding veterans and active-duty service members that they are not alone. We believe that those who served deserve access to healthcare with dignity and support.
ICYMI: The Supreme Court preserved access to mifepristone by mail while the case makes its way through the lower courts. That's good news for providers and people across the country, ensuring that accessing Mifepristone – one of two medications used in medication abortion is still an option.
Beyond the physical barriers to abortion care, there is a mental load placed on abortion seekers that often goes unseen. It’s the stress of arranging travel, the pressure of affording care, the need to coordinate time off work or childcare, the weight of making everything align, and so much more.
We're relieved The Supreme Court preserved access to mifepristone by mail while the case makes its way through the lower courts. But access shouldn't have been on the table to begin with. The whiplash on these decisions and lawsuits causes confusion and delays care for abortion seekers.
There have been a lot of headlines about court rulings in the case challenging access to mifepristone by mail – and it can be confusing to track it all. Here's what's happening. 1/4 bit.ly/4tSaGlY
They Want You to Think Abortion Pills Are Illegal
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People across the United States have turned to medication abortion through telehealth as a trusted, safe, and effective method of care. Even a temporary disruption of access to medication abortion will have massive implications. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
Appeals court approves sweeping abortion pill restrictions, teeing up SCOTUS showdown
The temporary ruling will curtail access nationwide to a drug used in more than two-thirds of abortions.
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A federal appeals court has temporarily reinstated nationwide in-person dispensing requirements for the abortion pill mifepristone. We know that by blocking mail access to medication abortion, we'll see an increase in the need for abortion travel, and strain on patients and clinics nationwide.
When Sierra found out she was pregnant after high school, she was facing uncertainty, isolation, and limited resources. Traveling from Texas to New Mexico for care felt overwhelming—but with support from Brigid Alliance, she was able to get the travel assistance, care, and compassion she needed.
With abortion care and counseling stripped from VA coverage many veterans are left without options close to home. That means many will be forced to navigate urgent, expensive travel just to get to their appointments. Last year, 8% of our clients were veterans, military members, or their families. ⬇️
When the VA rolls back essential care, we step up. We partnered with @brigidalliance.bsky.social to launch our #WeveGotYourSix campaign with billboards outside VA clinics to ensure no veteran is left behind. Need reproductive care? We’re here to help with logistics and support.
If you see this billboard, know we've got your six. 🪖 We're proud to kickoff a new campaign about our services to support veterans and their families who have lost access to abortion care and counseling under recent VA policy changes.
It’s on all of us to recognize these intersections and work toward a future where everyone has access to bodily autonomy. Today, we stand in solidarity with trans folks across the country and affirm our commitment to dignity and respect for all transgender communities.
