By Lauren Kahre, MPH, ARC-Southeast volunteer “Organized people beat big money everytime” Reflections From Abortion Access Now Training in Philadelphia, PA Last weekend, I had the opportunity to attend Abortion Access Now’s Eastern Regional Organizer Training in Philly! I was sponsored by Access Reproductive Care Southeast (ARC-Southeast) as a volunteer. It was […]
After Pride Month, Where Do You All Go? A Call to Action for RJ Advocates By Vic K. Reflecting on Pride month this year, it’s admittedly frustrating to see how diluted the messaging behind Pride has become since the initial Stonewall Riots. Many people may not know much about the history of Pride, the […]
From the front lines, we have a different story to tell. We share what we’re learning to disrupt fearmongering, make visible the realities abortion seekers are navigating and keep our communities connected to one another.
Read ARC-Southeast’s 2025 End-of-Year Impact Report — how our Healthline, outreach, mutual aid, and community organizing helped Southerners access abortion care and reproductive justice throughout the year. ARC-Southeast 2025 Impact: Meeting Abortion Bans With Care Across the Southeast, abortion bans and restrictions have forced people to travel farther, pay more, and navigate increasing stigma and […]
In 2025, we saw over 5,400 callers – that’s nearly double the number of callers we served last year. The needs of each caller are increasingly complex. The average amount callers could pay out of pocket this year was just $278. This year we needed to connect to more clinics, people, and organizations, because the need has never been greater.
Grassroots fundraising and mutual aid have always been at the heart of how we show solidarity and take care of each other in the face of systemic oppression, particularly in the South. When we talk about grassroots fundraising, we don’t just mean the dollar amount raised. Grassroots fundraising is one of many ways to […]
We say Radical Love not as a slogan, but as a core truth shaped by a decade of showing up for people across the South who are fighting for dignity, survival, and joy in the face of systemic harm. Radical love is the foundation of our work, from funding abortions to offering compassionate logistical support, to how we build relationships with staff and community members alike.
We urge our supporters, partners, and communities to stand in solidarity with South Carolinians, because as always, what happens to the South will set the precedent across the entire country.
“Community accountability looks like rigor in this work,” Eva added. “We show up with rigorous standards because our communities have been abandoned and are relying on us to fill the void created by the state.”
Our ‘Southern Synergy’ value has become ‘Building Southern Power’ — here’s why. Southern Synergy has been an essential ingredient to our development over the last decade. We embodied this value by building a network of principled collaborations to more fully support our communities. Reflecting on the deep relationship building of the past decade, […]
We trust Southerners to make the best decisions for themselves to thrive in every area of their lives, including parenting, abortion, or other reproductive health decisions.
These aren’t just numbers. These are parents, students, neighbors and people whose access to necessary reproductive healthcare has been stripped away by unjust policies and targeted dehumanization.
Why Data Literacy Matters for Reproductive Justice In the fight for reproductive justice, stories and lived experiences are essential. They illuminate the narratives and lives impacted by abortion bans, and show care through our eyes. In showing the truth of our reproductive realities, data can also paint an important picture. Data can reveal […]
Outrage and Heartbreak for the Dehumanization of Adriana Smith ATLANTA, GA — Access Reproductive Care-Southeast (ARC-Southeast) is outraged by the tragic and dehumanizing treatment of Adriana Smith and her family. When Adriana, a 30-year-old Black nurse, sought treatment for severe headaches at Northside Hospital in February, medical staff dismissed her concerns without performing diagnostic […]
We made sure that the Black women legislators led this particular issue in the state of Georgia. And when they were going before committees, even though something that was on that subcommittee helped, I basically instructed the Black women to take the lead. “Lead, it’s your issue”, “it’s Black women dying”. Nobody can tell a story, like a Black woman could tell a story. That’s what I’m proud of — we took control of our issue.