As longtime supporters and activists in reproductive rights, we are frequently asked by our networks for recommendations of what to do and how to help. For years, we have been meeting informally to express our concerns over the declining access to abortion care in our country.

When Senate Bill 8 (SB8) went into effect in Texas in September 2021, women there effectively lost the right to abortion care. SB8 provides for a $10,000 reward to private citizens who successfully sue anyone who aids or abets an abortion after the 6th week of pregnancy. We were outraged and led to act. Trust Women, an independent clinic in Oklahoma handling the sudden surge of Texans desperately seeking care and with whom we had a longstanding relationship, was the obvious choice. We quickly convened our networks to meet with Trust Women leadership to learn firsthand about the dire situation there and to raise funds to help meet their urgent needs.

We quickly convened our networks to meet the Trust Women’s Executive Director to learn firsthand about the dire situation there and to raise funds to meet the urgent needs.

P.O.W.E.Repro was born.