Regardless of how you become pregnant, it is each women's right to determine for herself, whether she is ready to become a parent or not. Often times, finding yourself pregnant when you don't want to be is a stressful, hard time for a woman or girl. So here are some tips on keeping your cool, some resources for whatever your ultimate decision may be and ways to take care of yourself.
Deciding about a pregnancy:
In Good Conscience: A Practical, Emotional, and Spiritual Guide to Deciding Whether to Have an Abortion by Anna Runkle
Pregnant? Need Help? Pregnancy Options Workbook (Online)
Deciding On Which Abortion Method Is Best For You:
Pregnancy Options: Which Method
Abortion Resource Handbook: Everything You Need To Know About... by K. Kaufmann
Finding Clinics, Finding Money:
Find an abortion clinic near you: GynPages
National Abortion Federation: 1-800-772-9100
National Network of Abortion Funds
Yellow Pages/Telephone Book: look under "abortion clinics" NOT "abortion alternatives". Organizations listed under this title are often NOT actual clinics, often NOT staffed by medical professionals and may exaggerate an abortion's effect on you, your fetus and future pregnancies/children.
Need someone to listen to your post-abortive story? Want to read others' stories?
Exhale
"Exhale serves women who have had abortions and their partners, friends and family. We respect the cultural, social and religious beliefs of all our callers."
1-866-4-EXHALE (439-4253)
M-F 5pm – 10pm, Pacific & S-S 12pm - 10pm, Pacific
Mine: An Anthology of Women's Choices by MerryDeath (an independently published magazine, may be hard to find)
Our Bodies, Ourselves, "Abortion" chapter, by the Boston Women's Health Book collective
Our Truths – Nuestras Verdades magazine
I'm Not Sorry website
The following websites sometimes lean towards not being pro choice, but we are listing them for you to decide where you feel comfortable.
A Heartbreaking Choice: for parents who aborted due to fetal anomaly
Post Abortion Healing Help
for more information call
312 663 0338