ICYMI: Check out this panel feat. YHF’s ED Jenice Fountain as moderator! “The briefing is a part of Alabama Values' It's. My Body. Period initiative. Alabama Values hopes to close the knowledge gap around the fight for reproductive rights and encourage more Alabamians...
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Yellowhammer Fund v. Attorney General of AL: what you need to know
Last week, Yellowhammer Fund sued Alabama’s attorney general for the right to assist people seeking abortions in legal access states. You may be wondering “how did we get here?” and that’s a solid question! Let’s break it down in this quick lawsuit explainer. The...
Abortion Fund Sues Alabama Attorney General After He Threatens Criminal Prosecution for Helping Abortion Seekers Leave the State
Those who provide aid in helping people access their rights are heroes in protecting civil liberties 07.31.23 – (PRESS RELEASE) Today the Yellowhammer Fund asked a federal court to prevent the Alabama Attorney General from making good on his threats to criminalize...
A Year of Upheaval on Abortion’s Front Lines
Yellowhammer Fund was recently featured in the New York Times about how we've pivoted our services post-Roe: "After assisting people who sought abortions for years, the Yellowhammer Fund in Alabama has broadened its mission." "'We don’t want people terminating...
Bus Tour Across Bama
Big thanks to Alabama Political Reporter for covering our Summer Bus Tour! The F*** Your Abortion Ban rally / Bus Tour Kickoff is only 9 DAYS AWAY y’all!!! It’s also the one year anniversary of SCOTUS overturning Roe v Wade and nearly 50 years of legal abortion in...
Yellowhammer Fund, West Alabama Women’s Center, URGE Alabama, and Alabama Values Progress oppose HB454 – an abortion ban that could charge pregnant people with homicide for their pregnancy outcomes, including those obtaining legal abortion care.
For immediate release: 5/12/2023 Contact: Heidi Miller, (she/her), Development Manager, Yellowhammer Fund Email: [email protected] or [email protected] STATEMENT FROM YELLOWHAMMER FUND ON HB454 Alabama lawmakers went back on their own...
Organizers Plan For Post-Roe Mississippi With Self-Managed Abortion Education
Yellowhammer Fund's Executive Director Laurie Bertram Roberts recently spoke with the Mississippi Free Press about self-managed abortion in the Deep South: "While efforts to educate people on self-managed abortions may be ramping up, they are not new, said Laurie...
Amanda Shires Is On Your Side
Singer-songwriter and Grammy winning country star Amanda Shires recently teamed up with Yellowhammer Fund for the release of her new single “The Problem”: a heartfelt telling of an abortion story. Shires is generously donating all proceeds from the song and its...
Overturning Roe could mean fewer health care options for pregnant people
Yellowhammer Fund board member Mia Raven points out more negative side-effects of Roe being overturned in this Alabama Political Reporter article: “For the South, ending Roe means a 1,500-mile-wide swath of the country without a single legal abortion clinic or one...
What Happens to the Pro-Choice Movement Now? Laurie Bertram Roberts’ Slate Feature
Our Executive Director, Laurie Bertram Roberts, shares her background in and forecast for abortion rights in the wake of Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to the US Supreme Court on Slate's latest What's Next podcast. She lends her trademark insight to the distinction...
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