Religious Community for Reproductive Choice

When someone turns to you for support during a reproductive crisis, knowing what to say or where to start can be hard.

That’s why we partnered with reproductive chaplains across the country to create our Reproductive First Aid Kit for Spiritual Caregivers, drawing on their experience and wisdom.

START WITH A LITTLE ✨TLC:

🩷 Establish TRUST. Thank them for trusting you. Create space for honesty. Explain your confidentiality practices and any limits.

👂 LISTEN to their story. Lead with curiosity and warmth. Mirror their language, follow their lead, and let them tell you what their experience means to them. Try asking: “What kind of support would feel helpful?”

🤝 Help them CONNECT with specialized care. You don’t have to have all of the answers. Stay within your scope, stay connected, and help them find the spiritual, medical, legal, or financial support they need.

Remember: spiritual care is an important and often overlooked part of reproductive care. Whether you’re clergy, a chaplain, or a trusted friend, you can make room for honesty, complexity, grief, relief, hope, and every feeling in between.

Save this post for a time when someone turns to you for help. Share it with someone who wants to offer compassionate reproductive care. 🫶

Resources featured in the kit:
Faith Aloud Hotline:
M&A Hotline:
If/When/How:
National Network of Abortion Funds:

Ever wonder what abortion stance different world religions hold?

RCRC's new website features a fully updated and well-researched section with breakdowns of what the sacred texts, authorities, and real-world adherents of various religions have to say about abortion.

Hint: They're way more supportive and compassionate than antis would have you think. 💜

Check out our website today! www.rcrc.org

How we talk (and think) about abortion and the people who have them is a huge part of our work. It goes towards destigmatizing and humanizing abortion care and healing the harm done by shaming rhetoric.

We love 's list of core beliefs from her book: The Abortion Companion.

Want to hear more about it and get a chance to win a free copy? Register for our live author talk and Q&A, happening TODAY at 1 pm ET. Last chance! 📚

Register here: https://mailchi.mp/9cd76c5f7ed0/f0uty2wxp6

Happy Pub Day to and her new book: Faithfully Dissident Daughters! 🎉

https://www.wjkbooks.com/bookproduct/0664269451-faithfully-dissident-daughters/

If you've ever felt unseen or diminished by your faith tradition as a woman and need fresh imagination for what it means to love God and embrace yourself, this book is for you.

We're also sharing an excerpt from "The NEW Churching of Women," a communal liturgy written by Chelsea, which honors pregnancy outcomes that the Christian church has historically left unspoken.

The full text can be found here: https://abortionswelcome.org/a-new-churching-of-women/ 💜

That time we planted a tree to honor and bless the opening of an abortion clinic in Wisconsin.

Because abortion care is sacred work and an abortion clinic provides essential services to its community. 💜 🪴

You might be seeing more news items lately about "reproductive coercion," a form of abuse that involves controlling or interfering with someone else's reproductive decision-making.

That's because abortion opponents are appropriating and inverting these narratives of abuse, and they're doing it to push bans on medication abortion. They claim that abuse victims are being forced to terminate their pregnancies and that abortion bans will help protect them.

In fact, the opposite is true.

Abortion, especially medication abortion, can be a lifeline for people experiencing violence and abuse. The Turnaway Study found that women who were able to get an abortion saw a decrease in IPV (intimate partner violence) when compared to women who were denied one.

Conversely, reports of reproductive coercion doubled in the year after Roe was struck down. And IPV across the board increases where in states where abortions bans are in effect.

Many people seeking abortion care are looking for a way to leave an abusive relationship and avoid a lifetime tie to their abuser.

Please remember:

1. Most reproductive coercion cases involve forced pregnancy.

2. Abortion bans do little to help IPV survivors; in fact, they expose them to more danger.

3. Medication abortion can be a lifeline for abuse victims.

Register here: https://mailchi.mp/9cd76c5f7ed0/f0uty2wxp6

Things we'll be chatting with about:

🌸 Abortion positivity
🌱 Emotional complexity
✨ Spiritual care
☔️ Combating stigma
💞 A world where people who have abortions are supported and affirmed at every turn

People who get abortions are...

✅ Protestant
✅ Jewish
✅ Muslim
✅ Catholic
✅ Unitarian Universalist
✅ Buddhist
✅ Hindu
✅ Spiritual
..and they're also parents, friends, neighbors, teachers, artists, caregivers, and more.

All are deserving of freedom, compassion, and community support. 🙏

We're thrilled to welcome Rev. Jill Moffett to RCRC's Board of Directors!

Rev. Moffett is passionate about helping people grow in their faith, exploring the tough questions, and meeting people where they are. She is ordained in the United Methodist Church and has served as a pastor in a variety of ministry settings around the state of Indiana since 2008. She currently serves as Pastor of Community Formation at North Church in Indianapolis. Jill is also the daughter of two retired OBGYN doctors, who instilled in her a passion for women's healthcare and the empowering of women and their choices. She has a degree in religious studies from Butler University, and her Master of Divinity degree from Candler School of Theology of Emory University in Atlanta. She is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling degree from Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis.

Jill enjoys spending time with her family and friends, including her son and her pets. She loves to sing, write, travel, be a part of the arts, and fitness. 💜

🎉 IT’S OFFICIALLY LIVE! 🎉

💜🚪☕️ We're excited to share that our newly redesigned website is officially live and ready for your visit! All of these changes were made with you, our community, in mind. Our website is more accessible and easier to navigate, and puts our unique spiritual resources front and center.

Here are some new things you'll find:

- A fully integrated resource library: Explore a collection of curated materials—from spiritual support resources to pop essays to historical analyses—to deepen your understanding of repro freedom and religion.

- Updated faith POVS: We’ve gathered and synthesized moral arguments in support of abortion across the major faith traditions, presented clearly and accessibly.

- New search tools: Our resource library, prayers section, and blog have all been equipped with search filters to help you find what you're looking for.

Come visit today! 👋