RAD offers legal defense resources and funding for providers delivering care in a post-Roe landscape.
The Abortion Provider Legal Defense Fund covers legal defense costs for independent abortion providers facing an investigation or legal action based on providing regulated abortion services (1) to people from, or in, hostile states, or (2) that are alleged to violate the Comstock Act. Providers seeking funding should email [email protected].
Our legal assistance program, Regulatory Assistance for Abortion Providers (RAAP), ended on December 31, 2024. Learn more here.
RAD’s Legal Defense resources are one part of a coordinated effort between six national reproductive rights groups to ensure abortion providers, supporters, and seekers have the legal resources they need to navigate the hostile and confusing post-Roe landscape. This effort is called the Abortion Defense Network.
The Abortion Defense Network connects abortion providers and supporters with values-aligned attorneys prepared to provide legal advice, representation in criminal proceedings, representation in civil proceedings, and legal defense funds that cover attorney fees and other legal expenses.
You can read more about the Abortion Defense Network – which is managed by the Lawyering Project in partnership with Resources for Abortion Delivery, the American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Reproductive Rights, If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice, and National Women’s Law Center – in the press release here.