List of abortion-rights organizations in the United States

This is a list of organizations involved in the United States abortion-rights movement (also called the pro-choice movement). The movement consists of a variety of organizations, with no single centralized decision-making body.

National organizations

Abortion providers

• Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of reproductive health services in the US, including abortions

Political organizations

• Democratic Party, one of America's two major political parties, supports liberal policies, including abortion access.
• EMILY's List, a political action committee (PAC) that aims to help elect Democratic female candidates in favor of abortion rights to office
• Freedom Socialist Party, a socialist feminist party and defender of free elective abortion care, no forced sterilization, gender-affirming health care and bodily autonomy for all.
• Green Party of the United States, promotes green politics, including support for elective abortion care and contraception.
• Peace and Freedom Party, a left-wing party supportive of environmentalism, aboriginal rights, rights to sexuality, government-funded health care, a woman's right to an abortion, public education, subsidized housing, and a socialist-run economy.
• Radical Women a fighting organization for women's freedom, leadership of the most oppressed, an end to transphobia and racism, and a socialist feminist future.
• Republicans for Choice, a PAC consisting of Republican Party members who support abortion rights
• The Wish List, a PAC aiming to elect Republican female candidates in favor of abortion rights to office
• Democratic Socialists of America, promotes socialist politics by advocating for various social justice issues.
• Party for Socialism and Liberation, a communist party working in the United States to liberate working-class individuals.
• Socialist Alternative, promotes a multi-gender, multi-race working class party focusing on economic issues affecting the working-class, social issues, political issues.

Professional associations

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a professional association of physicians specializing in obstetrics and gynecology
• Feminist Abortion Network, a national consortium of independent, feminist, not-for-profit abortion care providers
• National Abortion Federation, a professional association of abortion providers
• National Coalition of Abortion Providers, a defunct trade association representing independent abortion providers

Religious organizations

• Catholics for Choice, a pro-abortion rights Catholic advocacy group
• Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion, a defunct interfaith group of clergy that counseled and referred people for safe abortions before Roe v. Wade
• Joy of Satan Ministries, a polytheistic religion which believes Lillith to be a goddess of women's rights and decisions
• Methodist Federation for Social Action, a network of United Methodist Church clergy and laity working on social justice issues
• Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, an interfaith abortion rights organization founded in 1973 after Roe v. Wade
• United Methodist Women, the only official organization for women within the United Methodist Church
• The Satanic Temple, a non theistic religion campaigning for reproductive rights

Other organizations

• African-American Women for Reproductive Freedom, a group developed as a way for African American women to show support for Roe v. Wade
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• Ayn Rand Institute, a think tank that supports a woman's right to choose abortion
• Center for Reproductive Rights, a global legal advocacy organization that seeks to advance reproductive rights
• Guttmacher Institute, a research organization on sexual and reproductive health and rights
• I'm Not Sorry.net, a defunct website that collected stories concerning women's positive abortion experiences
• Ipas, an international, non-governmental organization that has the goal of increasing access to safe abortions and contraception
• Legal Alliance for Reproductive Rights, a coalition of United States law firms offering free legal services to people seeking and providing abortions
• MSI United States, A US non-profit 501c3 supporting MSI Reproductive Choices, an international NGO providing safe abortion, family planning and other reproductive health services to more than 23 million people annually in 36 countries across 6 continents
• NARAL Pro-Choice America, a 501(c)(4) organization that engages in lobbying, political action, and advocacy efforts to oppose restrictions on abortion and expand access to abortion
• National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice, a coalition of grassroots organizations and unions dedicated to building a coordinated mass defense of full reproductive justice on a platform of intersectional demands.
• National Network of Abortion Funds, a national organization dedicated to increasing access to abortion for low-income people across the U.S.
• National Organization for Women, feminist organization founded in 1966 which supports abortion rights
• National Partnership for Women & Families, a nonprofit organization working on public policies, education and outreach that focuses on women and families
• National Health Law Program, a nonprofit organization working to protect and expand equitable access to health care for low-income and underserved communities
• Rewire News Group, a daily news publication focused on reproductive and sexual health
• Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights, a for-profit activist coalition that leads demonstrations to bring awareness after the overturning of Roe v. Wade
• Rock for Choice, a series of benefit concerts to allow musicians to support abortion-rights movements in the US and Canada
• SisterSong, a national activist organization dedicated to reproductive justice for women of color
• , a reproductive rights and justice non-profit organization (formerly named Choice USA)
• Women's Health Action and Mobilization, a defunct organization founded to protest the decision in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

State and local organizations

• Chicago Abortion Fund, providing medical referrals and funds to low-income women in need of safe abortion services
• Feminist Women's Health Center, based in Atlanta, Georgia
• Jane Collective, an underground abortion provider based in Chicago
• Maine Women's Lobby, dedicated to legislative action on behalf of women and girls in Maine
• West Coast offensive, a coalition of California, Oregon, and Washington to expand abortion access and refuse to extradite individuals to other states who receive or aide in abortion services.

See also

• List of anti-abortion organizations in the United States

References