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The Brigid Alliance believes that the costs and logistics of traveling to an abortion provider should not inhibit choice. Yet an alarming gap is growing between those who need care and their ability to access it.

State-level restrictive abortion laws and regulations, combined with the rise of misinformation campaigns, the overall decline of local providers, and the unique consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, are increasingly preventing timely abortion care or eliminating it as an option altogether.

The Brigid Alliance arranges and funds long-distance travel support for those seeking later abortion care (after the first trimester) throughout the USA.

We work closely with the community of abortion funds, specialized clinics, and partner organizations across the country to ensure that abortion services are accessible when barriers arise.

Launched in 2018, The Brigid Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit supported by individual donations and grants.

The Brigid Alliance endeavors to comply with the law of the states in which it operates.

Who we are

The 2.5 million members of NARAL Pro-Choice America fight for reproductive freedom for every body. Each day, we organize and mobilize to protect that freedom by fighting for access to abortion care, birth control, paid parental leave, and protections from pregnancy discrimination.

Like 77% of Americans, we believe in the legal right to abortion. We are the foot soldiers who work to ensure that abortion access is not only protected but expanded. Since 1969, our member-driven campaigns have propelled political and cultural change at every level, from the statehouse to the White House.

When it comes time to rally by the thousands on the steps of the Supreme Court in support of abortion access, our members are there.

When it comes time to push back against the disinformation and fear peddled by anti-choice extremists who want to take away our freedom, our members are there.

And when it comes time to hold political leaders accountable at the ballot box, our members are there.

Working together, we push our friends to be bolder, lift up the champions fighting for true reproductive freedom, and shine a spotlight of accountability on the bad actors trying to impose their unpopular and out-of-touch agenda on us all.

What we do

• Organize our 2.5 million members, and the allies around us, to make sure leaders at every level hear from their constituents—the 7 in 10 Americans who support our right to reproductive freedom.
• Educate citizens, lawmakers, and other influencers about the dangerous effects of anti-choice policies and the threat of anti-choice disinformation.
• Work at the state level to promote progressive, proactive policies to advance reproductive freedom and fight back against harmful restrictions that threaten our access to reproductive healthcare and the ability to make our own decisions about pregnancy.
• Fight to elect champions who don’t just agree with the 77% of Americans who support the legal right to abortion, but truly fight for reproductive freedom. And when anti-choice candidates threaten to take away our rights, we work to hold them accountable by defeating them at the ballot box.

"I support the IRC because I believe everyone should have an opportunity to seek a better future for themselves. My family had that opportunity and I’m so very grateful for it." -- Rami Malek, Actor and IRC Ambassador

Help Ukrainian Families

Over 2.8 million refugees have been forced to flee Ukraine. Help the IRC send vital supplies to displaced children and families.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine will have devastating consequences for the civilian population and humanitarian needs are expected to rise. Civilians in Ukraine are being targeted and fleeing their homes in what the United Nations calls the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II. The IRC and our partners in Ukraine and Poland are scaling up our response as the conflict escalates and even more people are uprooted.

• On March 9, Russia bombed a children’s hospital and maternity ward in besieged Mariupol, Ukraine.
• The IRC condemns this attack in the strongest possible terms, alongside the targeting of evacuation corridors, the breaches of ceasefires and the sieges of urban areas.
• All violations of international humanitarian law must be investigated and perpetrators held to account.
• The IRC and our partners in Ukraine are supporting evacuation efforts for women and children and assisting displaced people. We are also providing support to refugees in Poland.