THE BIRTH OF THE PILL: Take Action
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If you’d like to take action in Puerto Rico or if you need reproductive information or medical advocacy—or would like to offer support to any of these organizations—we have gathered a collection of resources below.
PUERTO RICO
Proyecto Matria
Proyecto Matria works to promote gender equity, freedom, and the full development of women and individuals in marginalized groups in Puerto Rico through comprehensive services that foster empowerment, self-sufficiency, and the prevention of violence and discrimination in all its forms.
ProFamilias
Asociación Puertorriqueña Pro Bienestar de las Familias (Puerto Rican Association for the Welfare of Families) is a community-based organization that provides accessible, rights-informed, and equitable sexual and reproductive health services.
Taller Salud
Founded in 1979, Taller Salud is a community-based feminist organization dedicated to improving women’s access to health care, to reducing violence within the community and to encourage economic growth through education and activism.
Fundación de Mujeres en Puerto Rico Inc.
Founded in 2017 by women in the Puerto Rican diaspora and on the island, Puerto Rican Women’s Foundation promotes social justice and supports the economic and physical security, health, reproductive autonomy, and overall empowerment of women, girls, and gender-diverse people.
Colectiva Feminista en Construcción
Founded in 2014, this collective has adopted intersectionality as the approach and framework of its political agenda. The goal is to build popular and collective power to dismantle systems of oppression through coordinated, conscious, and intentional actions. One campaign focuses on demanding reparations for women who were in the Pill trial and those who received sterilizations.
Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rico Community Foundation is a philanthropic platform that for more than 39 years has mobilized
resources to communities, by connecting donors to philanthropic opportunities and facilitating scholarships
and grants. They also provide training, technical assistance and emergency donations to organizations and individuals.
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Planned Parenthood Foundation of America
The Planned Parenthood Foundation—with its heart in local communities through 82 unique, locally governed affiliates around the United States—is a trusted provider of high quality affordable sexual and reproductive healthcare, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a global partner helping similar organizations around the world lower costs through a functional, competitive healthcare marketplace.
Center for Reproductive Rights
The Center for Reproductive Rights is a legal organization taking cases to courts and human rights bodies, partnering with advocates, to protect reproductive health, self-determination, and dignity as basic human rights.
Reproductive Freedom for All
Reproductive Freedom for All is made up of members across the country who believe that everybody should be free to control their own bodies and lives.
Chicago Reproductive Justice Coalition
The Chicago Reproductive Justice Coalition (RJC), comprised of six Chicago-based organizations (Apna Ghar, BA NIA Inc., KAN-WIN, NAPAWF, Palenque LSNA, and SisterReach, Inc.), in partnership with the Black Researchers Collective (BRC)—an organization with a mission to advance racial equity formed in 2019—has conducted research to explore the barriers to reproductive justice for BIPOC women, birthing people, and LGBTQ+ communities in Chicago.
Mujeres Latinae en Acción
Mujeres Latinas en Acción supports survivors, builds leaders, and amplifies the voices of Latinas through bilingual, culturally grounded services.
Howard Brown Health
Howard Brown Health and its team deliver care that respects and values individuals, just as they are. Regardless of age, race, sexual identity, or ability to pay, they assist all communities with medical care, dental care, behavioral care, sexual care, young adult care, or aging care.
MEDICAL ADVOCACY
Coalition of Healthcare Advocacy Organizations
CHCAO is a coalition of patient and health care advocacy leaders who recognize the benefit of working together on common goals to advance the profession. By acknowledging each other’s strengths, sharing resources, and collaborating with a shared vision, the coalition increases the visibility and availability of patient and health care advocates and improves the patient experience.
Patient Rights Advocate
This nonprofit, nonpartisan organization focuses on ushering in systemwide healthcare price transparency. Through advocacy, testimony, media, legal research, and grassroots campaigns, the organization seeks actual, upfront healthcare prices that will greatly lower costs through a functional, competitive healthcare marketplace.
Chicago Patient Advocacy
Chicago Patient Advocacy serves those who are confronted with a medical or healthcare crisis. They are professionally trained to assist people who need help navigating the United States’ broken and complex healthcare system, working with patients and families nationwide. NOT doctors, nurses, or healthcare providers, they are advocates who work directly for individuals and their family.