7 Things You Can Do to Help Planned Parenthood and the Communities We Serve
What can you do right now for Planned Parenthood? Try these 7 things.
1. Donate to Planned Parenthood
The work to protect Planned Parenthood patients’ access to care starts now. Your support is more important than ever.
Donate to support Planned Parenthood health centers: Our health centers are open, and they’re continuing to deliver vital reproductive health care — like birth control, cancer screenings, and STD testing and treatment.
2. Speak Out Against Hate
Planned Parenthood’s patients are from all walks of life. They are immigrants, Muslim, Black, Latinx, and LGBTQ — and they all deserve access to health care in a safe and welcoming place.
Wherever you are (online or IRL), declare your rejection of hate and your solidarity with these communities. Show that you believe every single person is deserving of respect, dignity, and equal rights under the law.
You don’t have to speak out alone. There are several groups supporting solidarity with intersecting communities:
American Civil Liberties Union: Help the ACLU fight unconstitutional policies.
Color of Change: Join the nation’s largest online racial justice organization.
Human Rights Campaign: Help LGBTQ people get treated equally, everywhere.
National Disability Rights Network: Advocate for people with disabilities.
Our100.org: Take a stand with 100 women of color leaders.
ShowingUpForRacialJustice.org: Now is the moment for white people to be bold and join the movement for racial justice.
Southern Poverty Law Center: Make the promises of the Civil Rights Movement a reality for all.
Transgender Law Center: Ensure all can live safe, authentic lives regardless of gender identity or expression.
Trust Black Women: Report anti-abortion activity in the Black community to SisterSong and a Trust Black Women partner.
United We Dream: Fight for relief and fair treatment for all undocumented immigrants.
3. Volunteer for Planned Parenthood
Go to PlannedParenthood.org to sign up to volunteer with Planned Parenthood, or call your local health center.
4. Make an Appointment for Health Care at Planned Parenthood
Our health center doors are open. Like always, every person can get health care at Planned Parenthood, no matter what.
You can support Planned Parenthood by making your next reproductive health care appointment at your local Planned Parenthood health center. Need birth control? A well-woman exam? STD tests? We can help you with that and more. Some Planned Parenthood health centers also provide hormone replacement therapy for trans patients.
Go to PlannedParenthood.org
5. Tweet Your Defiance With #WeWontGoBack
Use social media to reject hate and refuse to let the next president roll back the rights we’ve fought so hard to secure.
Tweet your defiance along with the hashtag #WeWontGoBack.
6. Share Cecile Richard’s Message of Strength
Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards shared a message of resilience earlier this week. Read it here — it’s sure to give you strength.
7. Sign Up for Email & Texts
Join our email network to stay on top of the issues. Our email alerts will also help you learn how to get involved with campaigns that advance and protect reproductive health.
Want text alerts? Text “StandwithPP” to 69866 to join our Planned Parenthood mobile action network. Standard data and text rates may apply. You can text STOP to quit at anytime.
Of course, these are just a few things you can do. The opportunities to get involved and fight back don’t end here. For 100 years, Planned Parenthood has faced challenges and attacks from people opposed to our mission to provide expert sexual and reproductive health care, no matter what. Through every attack, we’ve come out stronger. We’re going to use that strength to lead in the coming days, months, and years — for the patients who rely on us and for our allies across progressive movements.
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