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We provide funding and logistical support to ensure Southerners receive safe and compassionate reproductive care including abortion services. Through education and leadership development, we build power in communities of color to abolish stigma and restore dignity and justice.
We envision a world where all Southerners have full access to care and support around their reproductive health decisions without biases or barriers.
The South operates as the heart of political unrest in the United States. This is because of the long legacy of both resistance and oppression across the region. The ‘Black Belt South’ has a long and complex history that has shaped the area into the region with the most restrictive abortion bans in the nation, a reproductive health desert. For this reason, we provide services and support to the Southeast regardless of one’s race, religion, or creed.
At the center of our values is a firm belief in autonomy and self-determination: your right to make decisions about your body, your care, and your future without interference from external influences. We act out of radical love, meaning we are intentional about everything we do and work without judgment.
We uplift our community by remaining steadfast in our values. These values are the result of a collaborative process among our staff, tapping into our collective struggle for a Southeast that is liberated from reproductive oppression, bodily control, and unjust marginalization.

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Movements are when people keep showing up after the confetti is swept away. The most important day isn't always the election, but every day after. What will you do in the time between voting? How will you organize your neighbors to support abortion access? What grassroots collectives are building community power around you, and how can you support them? Have you held a fundraiser for your local abortion fund or volunteered with them? Reproductive justice is counting on us to continue showing up, to keep transforming the energy and excitement of moments into long term movements. So... How are you tapping in?

Witch better have my rights! 👻 It's spooky season, and Georgia has led the nation in early voter turnout this cycle. It looks like a lot of Georgians want to turn fake clinics and abortion bans into nothing more than haunted house lore! The creepiest part of any horror movie is when the warning signs get ignored. We’ve all sat in the theatre shouting “Stand up! Fight back!" So we'll continue to choose to stand up and fight back, by informing and organizing alongside our communities, rather than ignore the warning signs all around us. Whether someone votes, organizes the neighborhood, donates to their local abortion fund, or checks on their people, every action chips away at a system built to control our bodies. Our Healthline stays open, our MonARChs keep building kits, and our communities keep doing what we've always done when the ghouls are on our heels: we keep us safe. We keep the creeps off our bodies through collective care. 🖤

Finding out you're pregnant and deciding what to do next can feel overwhelming. Whether you're confused by state laws or stressed out about your options, it's important to know who to call. ARC-Southeast helps Southerns access abortion care and anyone, anywhere, can support our work. Hear more from us on the radio by tuning into @wrfgatlanta

A note to self for the week ahead: self-managed abortions don't have to be a lonely experience. You should be able to decide how, when, and where you want an abortion. The 'why' is your personal truth. No matter the circumstances, we all need access to support when making such an important decision.

We cannot say thank you enough to the Atlanta Roller Derby! Joining their season championship and being surrounded in Southern synergy was incredible. We're sending our radical love to ATL Roller Derby for supporting our work, allowing us to share reproductive justice resources with the community, and fighting to save the Golden Glide skating rink. If you want to match their energy and host something for ARC-southeast, let us know at info@arc-southeast.org 🩵

Scheduling and getting to your abortion can be stressful, so let ARC-Southeast support you. We’ll help cover cost, travel, and other needs. You should be able to make personal health decisions without barriers. Tune in to us on the airwaves every day, all day long, with @wrfgatlanta - one of the only non-commercial and independent radio stations in the entire Southeast!

Last week we gathered for an in-depth discussion on our 2026 Mid-Year Report. To open the space we invited ancestor, writer, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston to ask: What has this year represented for you? Our report shows what this year has meant for abortion access in the Southeast. Further travel, rising costs, more complications, and criminalization. On the other hand, 2026 has meant deepening commitments, more resilience, and creative care networks. Access our full mid-year report, "What Has 2026 Meant So Far in the Fight for Southern Reproductive Liberation?" at the link in our bio. #LinkInBio

We want to thank everyone that attended our doula mixer. It was a night of celebration and renewed commitment. "As RJ practitioners it is vital for us to embody all reproductive justice tenets. Over 65% of our callers are already parents and childcare is an intended gap that the state creates. As we have mapped this project it is abundantly clear that childcare disparities exist not only for abortion seekers but for those providing the care as well. The mixer was full of intentional conversation about what it means to move this movement forward and how to truly be collaborative. Our hearts are filled with an overwhelming sense of gratitude. To be in the room where it happens!" -Zoe & Shaquira

If you need help getting to your abortion, ARC-Southeast is here. Our funding and practical support model ensures everyone can access care. Just because your ride falls through, doesn’t mean your plans will too. You can hear us on the airwaves every day, all day long, with @wrfgatlanta - one of the only non-commercial and independent radio stations in the entire Southeast!

For Black Breastfeeding Week we want to give a special shout out to the Obsidian Milk Collective (OMC). OMC is a Black-led organization, based in Alabama, bringing lactation justice to the South. "We cannot celebrate Black Breastfeeding without confronting the systems that determine who gets to start, who gets supported enough to continue, and who has access to skilled lactation care when things get hard. Black breastfeeding deserves more than encouragement. It deserves investment, equitable access, available care, and protection. " - Jasmine H., OMC's Founder & Executive Director OMC is working to bring access to Black families by providing compassionate care, and education to impacted communities. Through specialized lactation care, no matter your lactation journey, OMC can help.

Tell us in the comments - What was the last thing you dedicated your full attention to studying? Two of the internal study sessions we've held with staff this year included reading "Organization Means Commitment" by Grace Lee Boggs, and "Enemies & Friends: Resolving Contradictions" by Safiya Bukhari. We read, we discuss, we listen, and we take with us the lessons we can! On this last day of Black August, we encourage everyone to take the principle of "study" beyond a single month. Think about how you learn, share, and use knowledge for your community. There's a war for our attention spans right now, and as reproductive justice advocates, it's up to us to lock in and commit to political education with a purpose.

Today on Trans Flag Day, we call on our fellow RJ advocates to reflect beyond Pride. The history of Pride is still not widely known. In many schools across the country, talking about queer history is criminalized. TLGBQIA+ movement leaders have much to teach us and without incorporating their knowledge our work cannot grow. When we study and know our history, we can apply it towards the future. Now more than ever it's crucial to to see the fight for trans liberation as a connected and prominent part of our struggle for reproductive justice. Check out the link in our bio to give our latest blog post a read. Leave us a comment with your favorite quote!

We're sharing ARC-Southeast's 2026 mid-year report because transparency is part of how we practice community accountability and build Southern power. In this year's report we not only share what abortion bans and inequitable healthcare systems are doing to people across the Southeast, but what becomes possible when we redistribute resources, share knowledge and build resistance together. This report is also an invitation to volunteer, participate in political education and help us rebuild the relationships and infrastructure that make reproductive liberation possible. Click the link in our bio to read the full report and learn what 2026 has meant for Southerners seeking abortion care.

Medical neglect is not a side effect of prisons. It is part of the strategy. These tactics are used to rob people of their physical and spiritual health, safety, and humanness. Mumia Abu-Jamal and Safiya Bukhari are just two examples of state sanctioned violence inflicted on incarcerated people. As RJ advocates we must ask ourselves how has medical neglect shown up in our work? Who is criminalized for seeking care? Black August reminds us that our belief in bodily autonomy must penetrate prison walls. All vulnerable communities deserve dignified care and our political prisoners must be centered and protected in this fight.

Cuba's history and ongoing fight for autonomy continues to teach us about reproductive justice and sovereignty. We must amplify Cuban-led calls-to-action from solidarity and public health organizations as U.S. sanctions create greater need. That's why we're hosting a virtual political education session: Health, Reproductive Justice & Autonomy in Cuba. Join us on Wednesday, August 26 at 6:30 pm. The session will ground us in Cuba's international context and share important lessons from Cuban organizing we can apply at home. RSVP at the link in our bio or bit.ly/RJINCUBA

Abortion, reproductive care, gender-affirming care, and access seem to all be more criminalized each week, with fascists tirelessly planning new ways to target providers, advocates, and patients. Black August is an annual commemoration of political prisoners and resistance movements past and present. It's a perfect time for the RJ movement to ask necessary questions: When people are arrested for miscarriages and abortions, shouldn't we consider them political prisoners? How might we approach our work differently with that understanding, and how might our own movement sustain by connecting to the larger political prisoners movement? How do we build the infrastructure today, to protect us when they come for us tomorrow? The answer is not to co-opt Black August, but to commit to its four tenets - Study, Fast, Train, Fight - to join in a powerful legacy of resistance with our communities.

Our Healthline works hard to provide dignified care and support to disabled callers every week - because we know the stakes are high. We are living under conditions built on denying populations of people their humanity every day. As people struggle to access dignified care and resources Disabled folks, like many other communities marginalized by this country, have faced targeted violent attacks to limit their bodily autonomy. You deserve safe, accessible, and affordable healthcare no matter the time of year. Every body, no matter its ability, has a fundamental right to compassionate care.

It’s almost Black August, a month dedicated to commemorating political prisoners and renewing commitment to Black liberation. The principles of Black August are: “study, fast, train, fight.” On August 20th @ 6:30pm, we’re hosting a virtual political education session and hope to see you there! In this “study” session we’ll learn a brief history of movements for self-determination and autonomy in the South, and how they influenced many political prisoners like Safiya Bukhari. We'll look at how Reproductive Justice relates to the fight for Black liberation and political prisoners, explore the Republic of New Afrika movement that inspired so many radicals, define The Black Belt where our callers come from, and more! RSVP at the link in our bio or at: bit.ly/arcse-ba

Most of our callers are already parents or caregivers who struggle to find childcare while seeking abortion care. They are often navigating long wait times of up to six hours on any given day of the week. For this reason, Zoe & Shaquira have created the ARC-SE Family Support Program to alleviate this barrier. At this time we are looking for Doulas in the Metro ATL area to collaborate with as we pilot this program.

Warrior, mother, Black Liberation Army member and Black Panther Assata Shakur would have turned 79 years old today. We're honoring her with an excerpt from her book, "Assata." In chapter 7, she shares the harrowing experience of finding out she was pregnant while incarcerated as a political prisoner — how she was denied proper care, how the prison medical staff tried to coerce her to make decisions about her own pregnancy. In chapter 20, she shares the intimate details of what it is like to be separated from your child while a political prisoner, and the deep sadness in-between visitations. In the end, it is the love of her daughter that ultimately make her decide to escape from prison. After successfully escaping prison, mama Assata lived the rest of her days free in Havana, Cuba. We honor ancestor Assata, and all the mamas who dare to struggle!

When James Baldwin said "The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe", he meant that from Mississippi and Charleston to Gaza and Havana, we all have a duty to protect the lives of children. Today we mourn the lives of Kohen Wiley and Nolan Wells, two recent tragedies from Mississippi that both remind us of the need to fight like hell for a world without white supremacy and state violence. Black mamas and Mississippians deserve care, resources, and liberation — and nothing less. We're sending radical love to our Mississippi callers and community. We know too well that as we support your reproductive access, you are navigating a web of systems, structures, and institutions designed to work against you. We must abolish the conditions that make it unsafe for our children to live and thrive, and in the meantime, we must be remain organized in this fight together!

This week we are highlighting freedom fighters from the Pride archive, and today we’re honoring ACT UP, the radical grassroots collective that fought at the height of the AIDS epidemic. Through direct action, local coalition building, health and medical organizing, ACT UP is one of the most important groups in U.S. history, despite so few people knowing about their history. Today, after witnessing COVID ravage impoverished and oppressed communities with little response from our government, and we watch abortion seekers nationwide struggle to find care due to state-imposed barriers, the lessons we can learn from ACT UP are endless. At its core, ACT UP reminds everyone: our anger is righteous and necessary, and silence = death. Abortion seekers are not disposable. People living with HIV/AIDS are not disposable. TLGBQ+ people are not disposable. Southerners are not disposable. And we honor their efforts today and everyday! @actupny

“The South hosts its own war on abortion as major government and corporate donors continue to withdraw funding from reproductive healthcare initiatives.” Today marks 4 years since SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade, known as the Dobbs Decision, gutting abortion access and allowing states to ban it entirely. The fallout has been massive, ongoing, and landing the hardest on abortion funds and independent clinics. Local cities and counties that claim to be progressive should be dedicating time and resources to ensuring access — but most simply are not. We’re thankful for local independent media like @atlpresscollective for keeping the community informed on reproductive access, care, and abortion funds. You can support impacted former staff members and read the full story at the link in our bio.

This week we are highlighting freedom fighters from the Pride archive, and today we’re honoring Kuwasi Balagoon. He was known by his comrades as a loving and loyal spirit who believed in the self-determination of all oppressed peoples. Balagoon, like many people during his life, was radicalized by the conditions he saw and experienced abroad and in the U.S. He was a Black Panther and Black Liberation Army fighter that stressed the importance of armed resistance, fugitive love and gender, and organization in the struggle for freedom.

One of the highlights of this year's Fund-a-Thon was getting to be part of a truly collaborative effort for abortion access in Tennessee. Thank you to everyone who came out to Cameo in Memphis to dance, connect, scream, celebrate, and raise funds for Southern abortion access. Together, we supported abortion funds and practical support organizations across the state and region, proving once again that when our communities come together, we can move resources where they're needed most. A special thank you to ACT board member Leah F. for helping bring this event to life, to DJ Livin for keeping the energy high all night, and to the team at Cameo for opening their doors and putting their values into action. We often talk about the importance of moving money to people who need it. But it's also important to recognize the local businesses that help make that work possible, too. We're grateful to everyone who showed up, donated, danced, and supported abortion access in the South.

We’re so thankful to our Plan B outpost @fincatofilter/@sidesaddlewine's space, and to their wonderful workers and staff for hosting our very first comedy fundraiser, Live Laugh Love Abortion on May 29. Thank you to everyone who joined us and to our HILARIOUS performers: @armabenoit, @sheslaurenk, @danieldellanno1, @tamarrubin69, @gahhhbbiewatts, and @notshelleyjo! We raised over $5,000 for abortion access through ticket sales, raffles, donations, and community outreach. THANK YOU to our beautiful, powerful community for coming through to show some love for Southerners who need an abortion. We hope to see you at our next one!

Together we raised over $78,000 for repro care during this year's Fund-a-Thon! We did not quite meet our $100,000 goal and that's okay, because we did something just as powerful: we brought together more community events, partners, fundraisers, and collaborators for Fund-a-Thon than our organization ever has before. Whether you hosted your own fundraiser, grabbed an event ticket, dropped us some coins, or just shared the heck out of our posts - we want to give the biggest and sincerest THANK YOU to everyone that showed up and showed out this year! In a poem dedicated to the great revolutionary Paul Robeson, poet Gwendolyn Brooks wrote that "we are each other's harvest: we are each other's business: we are each other's magnitude and bond." Our mission is not possible without collective power. So thank you again for being our harvest!

We make this announcement with a heavy heart, because we know there's no easy way forward. Due to intense budget shortfalls challenging the future of our organization, our board has made the difficult decision to move forward with staff layoffs, a tighter Healthline budget, and pausing of key programs, along with several other budget cuts. To be transparent: we have lost funding due to our political principles and due to a reduction of institutional giving overall. This is a hard chapter for ARC-Southeast, not the end of ARC-Southeast, and we are making hard decisions to ensure we can continue providing abortion access to our callers long-term through our Healthline. We want to affirm the people who carried out our Organizing & Outreach work, who built relationships, and consistently provided community resources and educational workshops. Their labor is woven into everything we've been able to do, in programs like Sow.Now.What, Plan B: Southeast, MonARChs, and our Safe & Sustained Fund. The decision to reduce staffing reflects our financial reality, not the value of their work nor the principles that have guided it. We have provided severance pay, though we know there's no way this decision comes without harm. We don't yet have every answer about what comes next but we are committed to providing abortion access with as much care as possible, and to keeping you informed. We are deeply grateful for every single partner, support, and collaborator, and will continue this work together.

🚨NEW MERCH DROP✨ Introducing our special-edition “They Ban It, We Fund It” design for Fund-a-Thon’s final push. This merch is for everyone standing in solidarity with Southerners accessing abortion and building Southern power rooted in care and liberation. Starting at $30 — you can grab the design as a t-shirt, long sleeve, or hoodie. Proceeds go directly to Southerners seeking abortion care. Wear the message. Fund the movement. <3 Purchase athe link in our bio or: bonfire.com/store/arc-southeast

Today we remember the lives lost on May 13, 1985, when Philadelphia police dropped two bombs on the homes of the MOVE community organization. They stood for Black power, animal and earth liberation, and in return were targeted. The police bombing and fire killed six MOVE members and five of their children, destroying over 65 houses on Osage Avenue. 9 members - Chuck, Delbert, Eddie, Janet, Janine, Merle, Michael, Phil, and Debbie Africa - were already in prison as political prisoners as the city burned their home. “We demonstrated against puppy mills, zoos, circuses, any form of enslavement of animals. We demonstrated against Three Mile Island and industrial pollution. We demonstrated against police brutality. And we did so uncompromisingly. Slavery never ended, it was just disguised.” - Janine Africa, a former political prisoner of the MOVE 9. To learn more and stay engaged with MOVE’s fight visit @mikeafricajr and @bringmumiahome

This mother’s day we are celebrating revolutionary mothers past and present. Those who organized for Reproductive Justice, solidarity with Cuba and Palestine, fought for Black Liberation. Those who decided to do something revolutionary in their own life by choosing self-determination over their bodies. We’re recognizing the mothers of movements and homes who make decisions that challenge social norms and usher in new change. Margaret Charles Smith (bottom center) was a Black Midwife from Alabama known for her 30+ year career, who attended over 3,000 babies from 1945 - 1980. Smith worked mostly with Black women facing serious health issues like malnutrition and lost no mothers in childbirth at a time when infant mortality among African-American women was as high as 74%. Queen Mother Moore (top center) was a lifelong activist and founder of the Republic of New Afrika, she was honored for her work with the title “Queen Mother” by the Ashanti in Ghana. Kathleen Cleaver with her son Maceo (bottom right) is a former Black Panther Party leader, lawyer, and fierce defender of political prisoners. Safiya Bukhari (top middle) was a Black Panther Party leader and political prisoner, who helped found a program called Mothers Inside Loving Kids (MILK) to prevent the separation of children from imprisoned mothers. Dr. Amira Al-Assouli (center right) is a Palestinian doctor who was filmed bravely sprinting through bullets and drones to save an injured person in Khan Yunis at one of the last functioning hospitals in Gaza. Celia Sánchez (bottom left) was a key member of the Cuban Revolution, a guerilla fighter and archivist that’s been honored internationally for her revolutionary work. Mother's Day Love, ARC-Southeast

ARC-Southeast turns 11 today! That's 11 years of showing up, building power, and helping Southerners access the care they need. Care that the state continues to restrict and police. Over the past 11 years, we've redistributed more than $10 million and supported over 42,000 people with funding, logistics, and care. With our callers, supporters, staff, volunteers and comrades we have built the largest independent abortion fund in the South. And more importantly we've built an infrastructure of care that's rooted in radical love and building Southern power. It is our honor to carry forward the liberatory Southern legacy of those in the reproductive justice movement who came before us. Won't you celebrate our past, present and future with us? ❤️‍🔥 Donate $11 at fund.nnaf.org/arcse26 💌 Send this post to 11 friends to do the same 🗞️ Share this post on your story to help spread the word

We're in the final stretch of our biggest annual fundraiser, Fund-a-Thon. And there's so many ways for you to tap in!! May 13 - Collage Night May 16 - ATL Free Fair May 16 - Primal Scream May 23 - Block Party May 23 - Pilates <3 May 29 - Comedy Show All May - Film Series Join us at an event and help us reach out goal of $100,000 — enough to fund abortion access for over 250 Southerners! Or come find us tabling at other events and grab some free resources and goodies. 😎💜

This weekend a federal court targeted access to medication abortion nationwide, by reinstating old and unscientific in-person requirements for receiving the medication mifepristone. This assault on our access to telehealth and reproductive care was paused today, meaning you can still access abortion pills by mail. It shows that the anti-abortion opposition are using lawfare to target abortion access, and that our community resources, information sharing, and networks of support are extremely important right now. We are firmly against any barriers to care and access to self manage your abortion with safe, effective medication. Our callers need direct material support and their human right to bodily autonomy, not more barriers and restrictions! --

Our tax dollars should fund schools, housing, and healthcare, not violence. Not ICE raids. Not war. Not genocide. Not repression. While we struggle, billionaires profit off our labor and hoard the wealth we create. The system is rigged – and it won’t change unless workers of the world unite. This May Day, we stand together as workers against war in our demands: ➡️Fund Reproductive Justice, Not War ➡️No ICE. No war. No private armies serving power. When we organize, we win.

The average Southerner has to travel over 400 miles to get an abortion, and that's no laughing matter... Yet here we are! Ready to Live Laugh Love Abortion! Join us for a night of joy, comedy and community, as we raise money to make sure Southerners have abortion access! The show features ATL's top comics, lots of raffles and giveaways, and delicious treats served by @fincatofilter! Every dollar raised goes to ARC-Southeast, so they can continue helping people who live under bans access care. Tlckets are 1 for $30 or 2 for $55. For more info + to grab tix head to: bit.ly/LLLA 💜🖤💜🖤💜🖤💜

We will have our volunteer orientation on May 9th, 2026 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM. If you are interested in volunteering with us for the first time, please visit bit.ly/monarchsform to sign up. Whether you are a new or old volunteer, the volunteer orientation is mandatory for all MonARChs. Check out the link in our bio to register for the zoom. We will talk about current ARC-Southeast programming throughout different departments, the history of ARC-Southeast, and ways to get more involved. You will meet ARC-SE staff members, and get to know more about the State of Abortion Access in the South. Please join us!

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