Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome & Co-creating Community Agreements ( Day 1)

    • Welcome to ASP's Abortion Doula Training!

    • This Land We Are On

    • About the Course

    • Course Schedule & Weekly Guide

    • Abortion Doula - Learning Online, Discussions, and Privacy Agreements

    • Community Agreements with Reya Born

    • Shout Your Abortion Story: I had to choose to take care of myself
  • 2

    Welcome & Co-creating Community Agreements (Day 2 )

    • Community Agreements

    • Abortion Terminology - Alphabetical

    • Jack Qu’emi - Story Share

    • Shout Your Abortion Vol 21

    • Shout Your Abortion Vol 31

    • Growing Resources - Brain bloom the possibilities of the future

    • Abortion Terminology - Jeopardy Game

    • Journal: Personal Reflection

  • 3

    Week 2: Getting Started with Companionship

    • Advocating for Choice in Media

    • Media Literacy

    • Developing Compassionate Resilience

    • Crafting Methods of Support

    • Trauma Informed & Healing Centered Care

    • Storytelling Websites

    • Journal Prompts
  • 4

    Week 3: History of Abortion and Reproductive Justice

    • History & Laws in the United States

    • Timeline of Abortion Laws 1821 - 2003

    • Legal landscape 2015 to 2019

    • Factors Leading to Abortion Illegalization

    • Fetal Burial Laws

    • History of Abortion Methods

    • Two Documented Males

    • Watch: Reproductive Justice 101 Webinar Co-hosted by SisterSong and RHEDI

    • Reproductive Justice

    • Watch: Reproductive Justice is Disability Justice - English and ASL

    • Read: Black Mamas Matter Toolkit, Center for Reproductive Rights

    • Journal Prompts
  • 5

    Week 4: In-Clinic and Out-of-Clinic Abortions

    • Abortions

    • How Does an Abortion Work?

    • In Clinic Procedure Details: Dr. Oyer Part 1

    • In Clinic Procedure Details: Dr. Oyer Part 2

    • Watch: In Clinic Procedure Details: Dr.Oyer Part 3

    • Watch: In Clinic Procedure Dr. Oyer Part 4

    • Watch: In Clinic Procedure Dr. Oyer Part 5

    • Herbal Abortion Download

    • Theresa Davis: "What to Do When a Politician Tries to Fall into Your Vagina Feet First"

    • States Abortion Access

    • Growing Resources - Local Rules

    • Journal Prompt
  • 6

    Week 5: Community Resources - Who is in the room? Who isn't

    • The Abortion Diary · Abortion Diary Entry 169: Marva Sadler, Senior Director of Clinical Services, Whole Woman’s Health

    • All Options Toolkit

    • Additional Considerations
  • 7

    Week 6 : Creating Abortion Plans & Closing

    • Shout Your Abortion- I wondered if I would ever be able to find people to talk about it with

    • Shout Your Abortion: My abortion was gentle, irreverent, and empowering

    • Financial Access to Abortion

    • Abortion Plan Project - A Plan

    • Shout Your Abortion - You know what you need for yourself.

    • Abortion Resolution Workbook
  • 8

    Review & Closing

    • Closing and Evaluations