Independent abortion clinics collectively provide the majority of abortion care in the United States. These clinics provide care when and where others do not-operating in the most hostile states and compassionately providing care as pregnancy progresses. Yet independent clinic closures are unrelenting: today there are 32% fewer brick-and-mortar indie clinics than there were a decade ago, and fourteen states are without a single abortion clinic.

The essential

ROLE

of Independent Abortion Care Providers

Independent clinics provide the

MAJORITY

of abortion care

ACCESS

to Care Depends on Independent Clinics

Abortion Care

THROUGHOUT

Pregnancy Depends on Independent Clinics

Abortion is

Independent Clinics Are

FORCED

to Close

Abortion Clinics are Closing,

FORCING PEOPLE TO TRAVEL

Hundreds of Miles for Abortion Care

Indie clinics help us

GROW, BLOSSOM, & BLOOM

There is a place for everyone in this ecosystem.

TAKE ACTION BY:

Raising public awareness of the essential role of independent clinics. Tell others how to find a clinic at www.ineedanA.com, and share this report with colleagues, elected representatives, journalists, on social media, and with your community.

Donate to independent abortion clinics directly. Indies typically pour every cent they have into patient care and rely on donors to support any additional work they do in their communities.

Support abortion funds and practical support organizations. While no one should have to travel or navigate barriers to care, abortion funds and practical support organizations remain a vital support system for people who need abortions.

Volunteering for or work with your local clinic. Clinics need everything from website design to landscaping to patient escorts. Whatever your skill set is, independent abortion care providers need your expertise and support.

Working with local, state, and national advocates and reproductive health, rights and justice groups to bring the U.S. in line with World Health Organization recommendations and best practices related to abortion. This includes blocking or overturning medically unnecessary, politically motivated restrictions and introducing, passing, and actualizing policies that protect and increase access to abortions.

Center people’s bodily autonomy, self-determination, dignity, and well-being by refusing to participate in actions that criminalize people who seek, provide, or support people who have abortions.

Show your support for people who provide and have abortions. Talk about abortion openly, honestly, and without using euphemisms or stigma; support the people in your life who need or have had abortions, and participate in public rallies and online actions, including celebrating Abortion Provider Appreciation Day every year.