Be rePROACTIVE.

If you’d like to read more about the context of global gender equality, you can find the recent UN Women report here.

Call your members of Congress and tell them that you expect the rights of women, girls, and other marginalized people abroad to be protected, and that attacks to foreign assistance prevent those rights from being realized. You can call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.

Reckon with the idea that maybe foreign assistance is not the answer for the global goals we are trying to achieve. Consider whether this is an inflection point to re-think if, instead, on-the-ground organizations should be better supported.

Follow the Century Foundation on X and Facebook to stay up-to-date on their important work. You can also learn more about Black Maternal Health Week here, as well as the Black Mamas Matter Alliance here.

Participate in the Black Maternal Health Week webinars, gatherings, and events to continue to educate yourself. Offer monetary or volunteer support to the organizations that are making on-the-ground change.

Have conversations with people in your lives who may not know the reality of Black maternal health. And remember, Black Maternal Health Week doesn’t end on April 17th. Utilize that energy with you throughout the year and when engaging in political activism.

Follow Jessica Mason Pieklo and Rewire News Group on X and other social media platforms! You can also find more information on the Boom! Lawyered live podcast recording here.

Figure out what your advocacy lane is. It might be calling your Congresspeople or representatives at the state or local level. It might be finding resources and donating to local, direct organizations that are helping people access their basic needs. 

Build community wherever and however you can. Whether that’s art, music, literature, or advocacy, find your joy and strength in community. 

If you haven’t already, follow rePROs Fight Back’s social media platforms! You can find us on X, Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Threads. You can also follow host Jennie Wetter on X.

Check out the 50-State Report Card and see where your state stands. If you find something surprising on the report card website, contact your state lawmakers with facts in hand. You can also read more in rePROs Fight Back’s official press release here.

Share this information with friends, families, and loved ones. Everyone deserves to know the sexual and reproductive health and rights policies in their states, and especially the ways in which those policies intertwine with each other and disproportionately impact already marginalized groups.

Stay up-to-date with the work of the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project here.

Know your rights. Find out what you can expect if the unfortunate scenario of a pregnancy emergency occurs. If you or a loved one is pregnant, talk to doctors and hospitals about their emergency care policies, especially if you live in a state where abortion is restricted to any extent.

Talk to those in your community about the status of EMTALA. You can find local groups—including local ACLU affiliates—working on and teaching about these issues. Local groups may have additional ideas on how to become more involved.

Follow NHeLP on Bluesky and Facebook to stay up-to-date with their work.

Take time to contact your Members of Congress and urge them to save Medicaid from any cuts, whether through budget reconciliation or other legislation. You can remind them that: 

Medicaid cuts would devastate your community by taking health insurance coverage away from millions, including kids, people in nursing homes, pregnant and postpartum people, and those living with a disability or chronic conditions, and that Medicaid cuts would increase health care costs for everyone, including medical debt for millions and destabilize hospitals, health centers, and other providers that we all rely on, especially in rural communities. 

If you know that your Representative or Senator(s) are supportive of reproductive rights, consider stressing that any cut to Medicaid will be yet another cut to sexual and reproductive health care access for low-income and underserved communities.

You can reach your Members of Congress through a hotline at 866-426-2631.

Follow Wendy Davis on X and Planned Parenthood Texas Votes on X.

Research and share. Educate yourself on how impactful these abortion bans really are and share that information with family and friends. 

Reach out to the people who represent you, in whatever state you live in. You can call, write, or go in person on lobby days. To participate in Planned Parenthood Texas Vote’s lobby day, you can find more information here.

Read the 2025 Reproductive Justice Policy Agenda! You can also send it to friends, family, and local lawmakers. You can also follow the Intersections of Our Lives Collaborative.

Follow the National Asian Pacific American Forum on X, In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Justice Agenda on X, and National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice on X.

Remain civically engaged. Stay informed. Take care of yourself. Donate to the causes you care about, if you can. Specifically, abortion funds. You can donate to local funds via the National Network of Abortion Funds.

Stay up-to-date on the dismantling of USAID through Elissa Miolene’s writing on Devex.

Call your members of Congress and tell them to support foreign assistance, USAID, and UNFPA. You can reach the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. 

You can also learn more about the foreign aid freeze’s impact on family planning here.