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Volunteer Interview: Isabel
By Literary Women in Action In our newest Jane’s Due Process Volunteer Interview, we talk with Isabel—a 31-year-old marketing professional and former museum educator. A native of Washington State, Isabel enjoys photography, birding, visiting museums, and macaroni and...
Who gets a judicial bypass?
By Amanda Bennett, Client Services Manager In 2016, Jane's Due Process connected 182 minors with an attorney to apply for judicial bypass for an abortion in Texas. The stories of these minors - Janes, as we call them because of their legal status as Jane Does - are as...
IUD Explained
Illustration by Jim Cooke, from http://jezebel.com/a-former-abortion-doula-explains-why-an-iud-might-be-ri-1788962651 By Zoë Fay-Stindt I wish I had gotten my IUD sooner. I’d been on the pill for eight years before I had one inserted, and didn’t know much about them...
What is the “Global Gag Rule”?
By Literary Women in Action One of President Trump’s very first actions as President was to re-instate The Global Gag Rule. What is the Global Gag Rule, what is its history, and what does it mean for women worldwide? What is the Global Gag Rule? Broadly, the Global...
How Much Will My Abortion Cost?
By Catherine Shattuck. Revised and updated by Eleanor Grano, Community Outreach and Youth Engagement Coordinator at Jane's Due Process on August 24, 2019. Figuring out how to pay for an abortion can feel overwhelming. If you are feeling overwhelmed by the cost...
Boundaries & the Foundations of Healthy Relationships
By Zoë Fay-Stindt Image from Love is Respect All of us have been in situations that made us feel slightly uncomfortable, or like we should say yes when we don’t want to. You won’t always agree with everyone around you, and you won’t always want the same things they...
Birth Control 101
By Literary Women in Action Image from Bedsider It may be hard to imagine but there was a time when women in this country could be arrested for using birth control. Having access to affordable, safe birth control is a right that was hard won for women and is...
Reproductive Rights in Texas: A History
Image from #HereforJaneTX By Literary Women in Action When you first start trying to get an abortion in Texas, it can seem like all the cards are stacked against you. First, there are so few clinics that it can take a week or longer to get an ultrasound appointment....
What the heck is a judicial bypass…and how do I get one?
By Catherine Shattuck Image from Mother Jone's If you’ve come to this blog, chances are you’re under 18 and pregnant, or know someone who is. Either way, we’re here to walk you through the steps a pregnant minor has to take to get an abortion, without involving her...
Title X 101: What is Title X?
by Zoë Fay-Stindt *On March 30, 2017, Vice President Mike Pence cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate on Title X funding. Title X does not fund abortions, but this new measure could mean that organizations that offer abortions at some clinics and preventative...