Pro-Choice Resources and Action Opportunities
The following resources, organizations, websites, and ideas are just the start of what you can do.
This list is NOT exhaustive—please send suggested additions to policy@nwpcca.org.
SUPPORT NWPC-ENDORSED CANDIDATES (PRO-CHOICE WOMEN)
Each listing includes the candidate’s website where you can donate, endorse, and sign up to volunteer:
Sacramento: National Women's Political Caucus-Sacramento - Endorsed Candidates (sacnwpc.org)
California: ENDORSEMENTS — NWPC California - Recruit, Train, Elect Women
National: Endorsed Candidates - National Women's Political Caucus (nwpc.org)
DONATE TO 501(c)(3) ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO PROVIDE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES (OR VOLUNTEER)
National Network of Abortion Funds
Planned Parenthood | Official Site
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte (Central and northern CA and northern NV)
Home - Womens Health Specialists - Womens Health Specialists (northern CA)
DONATE TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT FIGHT FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND/OR SUPPORT PRO-CHOICE CANDIDATES:
About Us | Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
NARAL Pro-Choice America (prochoiceamerica.org)
Home - Feminist Majority Foundation
National Organization for Women (now.org)
Home - National Women's Law Center (nwlc.org)
California Women's Law Center (cwlc.org)
Center for Reproductive Rights
Home | American Civil Liberties Union (aclu.org)-
Get more information from the California Future of Abortion Council (cafabcouncil.org)
FOLLOW BILLS AND CALL/EMAIL YOUR LEGISLATORS TO SUPPORT PRO-CHOICE LEGISLATION: PR - 2022 LWC Priorities 4.5.22.pdf (ca.gov) (Legislative Women’s Caucus bill list) and (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/) (Enter bill number to follow progress; use links to get member contact info).
HELP PASS CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROTECT ABORTION AND CONTRACEPTION: With passage of SCA 10 by the legislature on June 27, you can look for a big campaign for the proposition in November (# pending). Donate and volunteer to support its passage. Watch for updated information on www.nwpcca.org.
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ENGAGE IN INTERSECTIONAL JUSTICE-SEEKING—A sampling of other organizations includes:
California Latinas for Reproductive Justice | CLRJ
Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA) (bwopatileleads.org)
NAACP | Leading the Fight to End Racial Inequality
NAPAWF - National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
Indigenous Women’s Health and Reproductive Justice Program | Tewa Women United
MEDIA RESOURCES AND BOOKS:
Ms. Magazine — Feminist news and information in print and online - Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)
The 19th News | An independent, nonprofit newsroom.
Extensive coverage and specials sections are also available on major mainstream broadcast news sources, newspapers, and magazines and other websites.
Recent books (order online or ask your local independent bookseller to order for you)
- · Robin Marty, New Handbook for a Post-Roe America: The Complete Guide to Abortion Legality, Access, and Practical Support (2021)
- · Michele Goodwin, Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood (2020)
- · Kathryn Kolbert and Julie F. Kay, Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom (2021)
- · Ilyse Hogue and Ellie Langford, The Lie that Binds (2020) (History of anti-choice campaign)
- · Sarah Weddington: A Question of Choice: By the Lawyer Who Won Roe V. Wade (1992)
Text of Dobbs Decision including concurring and dissenting opinions:
19-1392 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (06/24/2022) (supremecourt.gov)
Original Roe v. Wade decision is hard to find online in its entirety, but here is a lengthy article on the decision and subsequent legal activities: Roe v. Wade - Wikipedia
Current Women’s Caucus Bills still moving in legislature:
AB 1666 (Bauer-Kahan) Abortion: civil actions (PASSED AND SIGNED BY GOVERNOR)
AB 1918 (Petrie-Norris) California Reproductive Health Service Corps (PASSED ASSEMBLY; IN SENATE COMMITTEES)
AB 2091 (Bonta) Reproductive health and privacy (PASSED ASSEMBLY; IN SENATE COMMITTEES)
AB 2134 (Weber) Reproductive health care (PASSED ASSEMBLY; IN SENATE COMMITTEES)
AB 2205 (Carrillo) California Health Benefit Exchange: abortion services coverage (PASSED ASSEMBLY; SENATE FLOOR)
AB 2223 (Wicks) Reproductive health (PASSED ASSEMBLY; IN SENATE COMMITTEES)
AB 2320 (Garcia) Reproductive health care pilot program (PASSED ASSEMBLY; IN SENATE COMMITTEES)
AB 2586 (Garcia) Reproductive and sexual health working group (PASSED ASSEMBLY; IN SENATE COMMITTEES)
AB 2626 (Calderon) Medical Board of CA: licensee discipline: abortion (PASSED ASSEMBLY; IN SENATE COMMITTEES)
SB 245 (Gonzales) Health care coverage: abortion services: cost-sharing (PASSED AND SIGNED BY GOVERNOR)
SB 1142 (Caballero/Skinner) Abortion services web resource (PASSED SENATE; IN ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES)
SB 1245 (Kamlager) LA County Abortion Access Safe Haven Pilot Program (PASSED SENATE; IN ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES)
SB 1375 (Atkins) Nursing: nurse practitioners (PASSED SENATE; IN ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES)
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