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We Marched! (Updates from this weekend’s Rally for Our Rights)
(Escort and activist Travis Jackson, POWER House Director and Yellowhammer Policy Director Mia Rave, Yellowhammer Fund Executive Director Amanda Reyes, URGE Alabama Policy Director Courtney Lashae, Drag Queen Extraordinaire and MC Ambrosia and Yellowhammer Board...
We Are Fighting for Our Rights – Are You With Us?
It. IS. ON! Join us this Saturday at the Court Square Fountain starting at noon, when we kick off the first day of Black History Month and the beginning of a new legislative session with the March for Our Rights! We will march up Dexter Avenue to the State Capitol...
Welcome to Our New Home!
We know that the most important part of our job is to provide information. Patients need information about how to access abortion (laws, restrictions, clinic locations, funding options). Pregnant people who want to birth need help finding resources - both governmental...
Nope, We Aren’t “Celebrating” Roe this Year
The Roe v. Wade decision was handed down 47 years ago today, but if you check our events you'll see that we aren't doing anything for it this year. Maybe that surprises you, especially considering this may be the last year this ruling even exists? It shouldn't. For...
Yellowhammer In the News: “What It’s Like to Get an Abortion in Alabama”
Yellowhammer Fund receives a mention in this recent Vice News article on getting an abortion in Alabama. I didn’t really know what to do when I first found out. I went over to a friend’s house crying and having a meltdown. It was crazy. She had a friend who knew about...
Why Can’t We Have Medication Abortion on Campus?
The California state legislature is in the process of passing a bill that will require every state college and university to allow students to obtain medication abortion from their campus health centers. This expansion is...
Year After Year, Why Is Hyde Still Here?
Since 1976 the Hyde Amendment has blocked low-income and uninsured people from being able to use insurance to cover abortion costs just as they would prenatal care, childbirth, or any other basic medical care. It has predominately affected black and brown...