Description
This interactive workshop features video interviews with abortion providers about why they went into the field, how stigma impacts their lives, the safety of abortion, and what patients can expect when accessing abortion care. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss the interviews with their peers and Provide’s expert training facilitators, and learn how they can become better connectors to abortion providers in their own communities.
Target Audience
Anyone who works directly with clients and patients and makes referrals, including, but not limited to:
- Nurses
- Social workers
- Case workers
- Advocates
- Peer support specialists
- Hotline volunteers
- Behavioral health professionals
- People who work in the following systems of care; domestic violence and sexual assault support services, substance use treatment, HIV/AIDS service organizations, and primary care
Learning Objectives
By the end of this workshop, participants will:
- understand how safe abortion is;
- know what a person can expect when accessing abortion care;
- know basic facts and misconceptions about abortion;
- understand the difference between medication and aspiration abortion;
- understand what motivates abortion providers and how abortion stigma impacts their work;
- feel prepared to make quality abortion referrals;
- know how to use Provide’s Abortion Referrals Tool; and
- be encouraged to adopt vetted tools as a standard for making abortion referrals at their organization.