About Us
Who We Are
Abortion On Our Own Terms is a national campaign that uses culture change and advocacy to make safe, effective self-managed abortion accessible to all people without stigma or legal risk.
What We Do
We use digital and in-person organizing and advocacy, offer free workshop resources and immersive art experiences to engage and educate people and create thoughtful advocates, and support our partners in delivering the most timely and helpful information on self-managed abortion and abortion pills.
Our Partners
The Campaign works with 120+ partners around the country to engage audiences on self-managed abortion. Click here to get more information about becoming a partner.
Our Vision
We believe that self-managed abortion is a basic human right. We envision a world in which:
People who self-manage their abortions are surrounded by support and care options including legal, medical, emotional, logistical, and economic help; doulas; accompaniment networks and community-trained home providers
Abortion pills are available over the counter, with no age restrictions, and covered free of cost by private and/or public insurance
People have access to information and skilled practitioners necessary to support the use of herbs and other traditional and community-centered practices for pregnancy relief
No one faces legal punishment for accessing or supporting self-managed abortion and all people are able to self-manage their abortion free from the harms of deportation, family separation and intimate partner violence. All people seeking abortion are supported and celebrated.
Our Leadership
Nancy Cárdenas Peña
Campaign Director, Nancy Cárdenas Peña (She/Her/Ella) is a policy expert and an organizer at heart advocating at the intersection of im/migration and reproductive justice with a desire to see communities exercise their full bodily autonomy. Born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley, she lived in Mexico before returning to the United States and continuing her public education. Nancy graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in political science. She worked for the City of Austin developing and promoting the passage of local level reproductive healthcare initiatives and served on the Commission for Women. She is also a part of the Texas We Testify cohort, a group of abortion storytellers seeking to advance narratives around abortion access. Nancy was also a board member of the Frontera Fund, an abortion fund that exclusively serves the Rio Grande Valley with practical support and abortion needs. Nancy is fluent in both English and Spanish.
Media and Press
For media inquiries please contact:
SMAmedia@berlinrosen.com
