Abortion funds play a vital role in the Reproductive Justice movement by providing both direct financial and logistical assistance to individuals seeking reproductive care, including abortion. These grassroots groups, like us here at Access Reproductive Care-Southeast (ARC-Southeast), work to break down the many barriers to accessing abortion, affirming people’s right to bodily autonomy in the […]
Dear ARC-Southeast Community, As I sit down to write this, a wave of mixed emotions washes over me. Today, I write to express my heartfelt gratitude and bid farewell as the outgoing interim Executive Director of Access Reproductive Care-Southeast (ARC-Southeast). While I am looking forward to the opportunities and new adventures that lie ahead of […]
Last week, a three-judge panel from the conservative 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a dangerous ruling upholding completely baseless and medically unnecessary restrictions on mifepristone access, seeking to roll back the FDA’s approval of the well-researched medication. This medication has been safely used for abortion care and miscarriage management for over 20 years, and […]
Dear supporters, Today, a year since the historic Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision challenged the fabric of reproductive rights, we find ourselves navigating a relentless storm of attacks on reproductive justice as a whole. Across the South, anti-abortion legislators have been introducing and passing abortion bans and regressive measures that seek to strip away […]