Killing the Black Body
By Dorothy E. Roberts (Book)
Written in 1997 and still relevant today, this book is a rallying cry for education, awareness, and action on extending reproductive justice to all women.
Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed
By Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids (Book)
This collection of essays makes shares individual experiences of why parenthood is not the only path to a happy, productive life, and takes our parent-centric, kid-fixated, baby-bump-patrolling culture to task in the process.
The Radical Doula Guide
By Miriam Zoila Perez (Book)
The Radical Doula Guide: A Political Primer provides an introduction to full-spectrum doula work as well as a discussion of how intersectional and political issues like race, class, immigration, gender and more affect our work as doulas.
Reproductive Justice: An Introduction
By Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger (Book)
This book provides a comprehensive yet succinct outline of the Reproductive Justice (RJ) framework - reproductive rights + social justice - through the intersectional analysis of race, class, and gender politics.
The Body is Not an Apology
By Sonya Renee Taylor (Book)
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love offers radical self-love and reconnection with ourselves and others as the balm to heal the wounds inflicted by the violent, unloving systems in which we live.
Pleasure Activism
By adrienne maree brown (Book)
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good challenges us to rethink and rewrite the ground rules of activism for ourselves and our communities through a curious, compassionate exploration of healing and happiness.
No Bad Parts
By Richard Schwartz (Book)
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model explores how we can become friends with and better understand our multi-faceted minds.
The Body Keeps the Score
By Bessel van der Kolk (Book)
This book lays out how trauma rearranges the brain’s wiring—specifically areas dedicated to pleasure, engagement, control, and trust and shares how these areas can be reactivated in innovative and grounding ways.
The Care Manifesto
By The Care Collective (Book)
The Care Manifesto puts care (from intimate care—childcare, healthcare, elder care—to care for the natural world) at the heart of the debates of our current societal crisis and proposes a more care-full alternative.
Abortion Conversation Project
Abortion stigma-busting community
ACP support organisations and individuals to develop and provide stigma-busting projects.
Doctors for Choice
Resources for abortion providers
an international network of physicians who advocate for reproductive rights and access to comprehensive reproductive health care, including safe abortion and contraception.
Faith Aloud
Clergy counselling talkline (USA)
Free spiritual and religious support (US-based talkline + videos) from pro-abortion interfaith leaders around abortion and exploring pregnancy options. They also provide training for faith leaders to expand their skills in supporting folks who are considering abortions.
