The abortion world has been turned upside down and women and clinics in 26 states are desperate. According to the Guttmacher Institute 58% of those people who could get pregnant live in states hostile to abortion rights. Abortion navigators and abortion funds are struggling to keep up with the need. So, why give to a group that just wants to talk about abortion?  Here at the Abortion Conversation Projects we have always been inspired by Desmond Tutu’s famous quote: “There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out wh ..read more

The Abortion Conversation Projects (ACP) has chosen nine new projects that are confronting stigma surrounding abortion even as access to abortion is threatened or outlawed. ” We received over 80 proposals, half of them from Africa, all using conversation as strategy to open minds and challenge people’s prejudice about abortion,” says Jeannie Ludlow, Chair of ACP.  The organization has now funded 91 Projects and offers support and expertise to both Grant Partners and applicants.  “Ending Abortion Stigma” is a project in Haiti that will do a major outreach and education effort on abort ..read more

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, what does that mean for Abortion Conversation Projects and our partners? While all of us at ACP deeply grieve the Court’s decision, we also understand it as one severe manifestation of abortion stigma in a larger landscape of extreme stigma—a landscape that is variable in its geopolitical contours and global in scale.  The overturning of Roe undoubtedly makes our work harder. But it also stands as an invitation to all of us in the U.S. who find ourselves in worsening legal terrain. It is an invitation for us to look to other pl ..read more

What is ACP looking for?   ACP’s new cycle of grant applications is now open, with a deadline of May 15th and we hope to hear from lots of different people about how they want to challenge the stigma surrounding abortion. At a recent board meeting, we discussed what kinds of things we were looking for in a grant application. Our answers were varied, and to be honest, sometimes subjective, but we want to share these with people who want to apply.   One feature that ACP offers is a connection with our Grant Partners to provide whatever expertise, encouragement, or resources that we can ..read more

An Interview with Joanne Popińska, director of The Choice By ACP Board Member Abby Minor “I think I can do something different—something nobody else can do” I recently had the honor of talking with Joanne Popińska, a film director and current ACP Grant Partner whose newest project, The Choice, had its world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam this past November. Popińska’s project blends techniques from traditional documentary storytelling, personal conversation, and animation, harnessing the power of Virtual Reality to bring special intimacy to abortion storytell ..read more

A conversation between Abbe Tanenbaum, author of the play Committed Citizen, and Abby Minor, ACP Board Member This is the first post in ACP’s new 2021 blog series featuring conversations with recent grant partners. We started this series, which is facilitated by ACP Board Member Abby Minor, in order to highlight some of the many questions, tensions, and insights that animate the complex work of destigmatizing abortion. We also launched this series for the simple reason that here at ACP, we’re always up for abortion conversations! At the end of January I had a chance to talk with one of ACP’s ..read more

At Abortion Conversation Projects, your donation goes right into the hands of artists and activists. At ACP, we bring together individuals and groups around the globe to combat abortion stigma in their communities by funding their ideas and projects. Our grant partners work at the grassroots level, starting with intimate and powerful conversations to work towards lasting social change.              Fighting abortion stigma in our communities is important, as is fighting for accessible and equitable abortion care for all. Even in areas ..read more

The Abortion Conversation Projects (ACP) has chosen nine new projects that are confronting stigma surrounding abortion even as access to abortion is threatened or outlawed. ” We received over 80 proposals, half of them from Africa, all using conversation as strategy to open minds and challenge people’s prejudice about abortion,” says Jeannie Ludlow, Chair of ACP.  The organization has now funded 91 Projects and offers support and expertise to both Grant Partners and applicants.  “Ending Abortion Stigma” is a project in Haiti that will do a major outreach and education effort on abort ..read more

“It’s important that we all don’t have the same roles.” An Interview with Zachi Brewster and Carly Manes, co-facilitators of Dopo’s Abortion Doula Training By ACP Board Member Abby Minor This month I’m talking with abortion doulas Zachi Brewster and Carly Manes, two of ACP’s newest Grant Partners. Together, Brewster and Manes have created and piloted a six-week online abortion doula training that’s already made big waves. The training takes place under the umbrella of Dopo—an inclusive community platform, created by Brewster, that aims to redefine what a successful abortion looks like by cente ..read more

At Abortion Conversation Projects, your donation goes right into the hands of artists and activists. At ACP, we bring together individuals and groups around the globe to combat abortion stigma in their communities by funding their ideas and projects. Our grant partners work at the grassroots level, starting with intimate and powerful conversations to work towards lasting social change.              Fighting abortion stigma in our communities is important, as is fighting for accessible and equitable abortion care for all. Even in areas ..read more