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reprolegalfund
@reprolegalfund.bsky.social
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An abortion and pregnancy defense fund. We provide financial support from bail to legal fees to practical support. Getting people out of jail since 2021.
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FYI: Due to scheduled maintenance, our application form may be down from Nov. 8 at 10 AM PT - Nov. 9 at 1 AM PT.

We're still here to offer financial support to those investigated arrested, or in criminal, family, or immigration court related to their pregnancy or abortion.

Call us at 866-463-7533.
A Repro Legal Defense Fund notice with a black border and white text box in the center where at the top , highlighted in lavender is "NOTICE." Below this is a photo of a vine growing through White bars and then the message: "Due to scheduled maintenance, our Repro Legal Defense Fund application form will not be available from Nov. 8 at 10 AM PT until Nov. 9 at 1 AM PT. We are still here to provide financial support for people investigated or fighting charges related to their pregnancy or abortion. Please reach out to us by calling 866-463-7533."
November 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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We've outspent our budget for 2025!

More people are being jailed for their pregnancies or abortions with sky high bails.

That's why we do what we do. The faster we get people free, the more they can get care and mount a strong defense.

Help us get people out. Donate: tinyurl.com/DonateRLDF
A graphic with a lavender background and bold centered black text that repeats, "FUND BAIL!" Layered on top of this is a picture of a teal coin jar spilling out coins. At the top in a highlighter green text box is "ATTN:" Below text reads, "We've outspent our budget for the year." And under the coin jar at the bottom is more, "Help us continue to be able to show up, post bail, and get people free ASAP with a donation today." In a highlighter green text box is the donation link, "tinyurl.com/DonateRLDF."
September 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Whether its the bombs and bullets our government sends, the blockade they back, or the denials of asylum or care, repro justice means confronting the U.S. complicity in this genocide to end it.

Do: tinyurl.com/USCPRAct
Give to Palestinian direct aid: linktr.ee/thesameerproject + gazafunds.com
A tweet by Maria Kari of Project Taha that reads, "Today I learned my client in Gaza was killed. Earlier this year, the @USCIS denied her humanitarian parole application bc her case wasn’t “urgent” enough. We recently had a meeting in person with a congressperson who offered to support us if we refiled, so we had some hope. Like the cowards they are, the IOF targeted this young mother from behind using a missile with blades, which tore her body apart. She could have been safe with her family in the U.S. Instead, she bled out for 12 hours alone, leaving behind her husband and children. I ask that you make a special prayer for this family today."
August 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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The work of bail funds and all of us is to make sure that people do not disappear behind bars before they have a chance to defend themselves.

Support bail funds: communityjusticeexchange.org
An RLDF graphic with a lavender background with bold black text to the left that reads, "People should not disappear behind bars before they have a chance to defend themselves." Opposite, to the right, and staggered below is italic red text that reads, "Getting free should be free." On both sides black lines out line the bottom of the graphic ending in arrows pointing to the center where a dark purple text box has white text that states, "Support bail funds."
August 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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They are doubling down on a system designed to violently harm and threaten poor and marginalized communities and tear them apart from their families.

This includes the people we serve who are facing charges related to their pregnancy.
RLDF graphic with a lavender background and a dark purple circle in the upper right corner. Overlapping the circle and cutting across the top of the graphic is black and white photo of protest signs that say "Bans off our bodies!" and "No justice, no peace!" To the left and below is black text that explains, "People who face charges because of their pregnancy loss or abortion face: higher bail amounts, intense prosecutions, increased stigma, separation from their families."
August 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Getting free should be free.

Trump's EO attacking D.C. and other places that organized to get no-cash bail is sickening.

Trying to end cashless bail is just one more way Trump and officials intend to turn D.C. and the rest of the country into a police and detention state.
Repro Legal Defense Fund graphic with a lavender background with a drawing of a birdcage that is empty and the door open in the center. Above the birdcage is bold, dark purple text that states, "F%#! bans. F%#! jail." Below in black is "Trump wants to end cashless bail in D.C. and erase 32 years of progress." In a dark purple text box at the bottom is white text that reads, "How would this affect people facing arrest because of their pregnancy or abortion?" And then a white arrow pointing to the right.
August 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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100%.
Quote retweet by @ReenNahMean of @micahinATL. @ReenNahMean comments: pretrial detention has long been a tool in the fascist and white supremacist handbook. from civil rights movement demonstrators to water protectors to #stopcopcity. pretrial freedom is an environmental issue, a civil liberties issue, a reproductive & racial justice issue ++++ Below the original tweet on March 7, 2023 of @micahinATL reads: So far, every person arrested during Sunday night's mass arrests has been denied bond, except for the legal observer who was wearing a bright green Legal Observer hat. He had a bond set at $5k by the judge, despite even the PROSECUTOR asking for a consent bond (release w/o money). @ReenNahMean comments:
August 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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From the cages here to Palestine, U.S.-backed state violence separates families, tortures, and traumatizes.

Join DCIP's webinar to learn about the Israeli military detention system, new challenges faced by defense lawyers, and how you can protect Palestinian children.

RSVP: bit.ly/TortureWebinar
August 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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The level of destruction aims to rip apart families and annihilate Palestinian society as a whole.

Repro justice means we must confront this genocide with solidarity in actions, not just witness.

Do something: tinyurl.com/USCPRAct
Give to direct aid: linktr.ee/thesameerproject + gazafunds.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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This from @gbbranstetter.bsky.social

It's not about the sports. It's about the surveillance and control to target, police, criminalize, and attempt to disappear trans people from public life.
Screenshot of quote retweet by Gillian Branstetter of a tweet by Adam Carlson commenting on them's coverage "Pete Buttigieg says trans athletes in women's sports raise "serious fairness issues" commenting on a recent podcast interview. Adam's tweet reads, "This is a super niche issue that only affects a few dozen people in the country. I like Pete but he is taking the bait on Republican talking points (because the issue polls poorly)..." Gillian comments: "The more important thing is that people recognize athletics is the right's chosen venue for securing legal precedents that allow them to police and surveil trans people across our lives. They'll say as much openly and there's a SCOTUS case on it in January."
July 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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"We Palestinians teach life after they have occupied the last sky."-Rafeef Ziadah

The U.S. fuels the state violence wiping out families as care workers continue to rescue and support them under siege.

Give: linktr.ee/thesameerproject, gazafunds.com, mogaza.org/campaign/2
Act: tinyurl.com/USCPRAct
July 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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"These parents know that they’ve lost the ability to keep their children safe, so that powerlessness cuts deep into people."

As the U.S. fuels a repro genocide, we must refuse a world where Palestinians endure this.

Act now: tinyurl.com/USCPRAct

Donate: linktr.ee/thesameerproject + gazafunds.com
Screenshot of a New Yorker Q&A article "War on Gaza's Children." James Elder of UNICEF states, "I would say that anger is infrequent. There’s an immense vulnerability. And they’re holding their medical-evacuation forms, meaning that they were approved for medical evacuation from Gaza. But there are thousands of children who need medical evacuation from Gaza. I mean, literally thousands. So they’re holding this piece of false hope in their hands. There’s a grace and generosity in speaking to me, but there’s an absolute sadness. There’s a level of powerlessness that I’ve noticed for a long time. I noticed it more than a year ago when a parent would explain to me that their child had realized that this parent could no longer protect them, and what a horrifying moment that was. These parents know that they’ve lost the ability to keep their children safe, so that powerlessness cuts deep into people. You sit and you listen and you talk, and it’s a little girl or a little boy, and they are trying to be brave in some way, or they’re in a coma and the parent’s trying to. And in doing so, the parents, sometimes fathers in a very paternalistic environment, are in tears. One woman sort of grabbed me when I was walking out of the hospital and wanted to tell her story, and the look in her eyes was just definitive despair. She wanted nothing. She just needed to tell her story. She had spent nine years conceiving, and her son and her husband had just been killed. And so she didn’t know what she wanted. There is nothing to do in those situations. Culturally, you can’t hug someone, so there is nothing other than to listen. Many times, people are explaining what had happened to a child, and I realize that’s not the parent because the parents were killed in a strike. I’m having this explained by a neighbor or an aunt or an uncle. I’ve met more than a dozen children who lost everyone. I don’t mean mom and dad—I mean cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents."
July 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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From our friends at Transgender Law Center: The Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth in U.S. v. Skrmetti.

Let’s be clear: gender-affirming care is care. Trans youth deserve safety, support, and the freedom to grow into who they are on their own terms.
A graphic from the Transgender Law Center about the recent Supreme Court Ruling in LW v. Skrmetti. It has a background of soft mauve and blue of the trans flag and at the bottom four black people are holding hands and looking at each other flanked by trans flags. At the top is blue text that reads, "The Supreme Court has issued its ruling in LW v. Skrmetti, and while it's not the outcome we hoped for, our fight is far from over." In the cloudy muted pink and blue background is more blue text that reads, "We are here with you, ready to fight for our communities and continue our vital work. Today, the Supreme Court issued a disappointing decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti, allowing Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth to stand for now. This moment is difficult, but it does not define us. What defines us is the courage of the six trans youth who share their stories in an amicus brief filed by Transgender Law Center and our partners. They spoke out for their right to thrive, and their voices reached the highest court in the nation." On a muted pink and blue cloudy background is more dark blue text that states, "As our legal team, alongside our partners at ACLU and Lambda Legal, continues to review and analyze the full impact of this decision, we want to offer these resources to help ground and support our community: Get Support: translifeline.org Know your rights: transgenderlawcenter.org/resources Support our work: transgenderlawcenter.org/donate All of us, regardless of race, gender, or immigration status deserve bodily autonomy and the freedom to live as our authentic selves. We will continue to fight, together.
June 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Remembering all 49 of them and beaming care to their loved ones.
Screenshot of a tweet in dark mode by @crybabypikachu. The tweet reads, "today it’s been 9 years since the hate-fueled attack at the pulse night club in orlando. today and frankly the past few weeks we are also reminded of the consistent presence of prejudice and violence against the queer and latinx communities-" Below this is a graphic with all the 49 names of the people killed in the Pulse Night Club shooting. In the center between a banner with the colors of the inclusive Pride flag reads white text, " Remembering the 49 angels, June 12, 2016. En recuerdo de los 48 angeles, 12 de junio de 2016."
June 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Support getting people out.
Keep families together: cluejustice.org/bond
A graphic with a pink tinged picture of downtown Los Angeles in the background. Dark purple text that reads: "Keep people here. Keep families together. Support detained immigrant bond fund." In a yellow text box is the link "Give now: cluejustice.org/bond."
June 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Screenshot of quote retweet from Yeye Iponda (@jalessahj) of WWL-TV's reporting, "BREAKING: No running water at the Orleans jail since Friday. In mates can't flush toilets or shower. Fights are breaking out, and officials haven't responded to WWL's requests fro comment. More details." Yeye comments, "This is 1000% retaliation in the form of collective punishment."
May 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Our government fuels state violence around the world.

From here to Palestine, we must do what is necessary to challenge the caging of people and ripping apart of families by bars, bullets, and bombs.

Do: tinyurl.com/USCPRAct
Support: www.dci-palestine.org/donate + www.addameer.org/about/Suppor...
Screenshot of tweet by Defense for Children Palestine (@DCIPalestine) that reads: 323 Palestinian children are detained in Israeli prisons as of March 31, which is the highest number since 2017. 119 children, or 37% of the total, are held without charge, which is both the highest number and highest proportion on record. Read more: https://www.dci-palestine.org/37_percent_of_palestinian_child_detainees_held_without_charge_as_israel_blocks_legal_counsel_and_family_access." Below is a graphic with a background of a black and white photo of IDF soldiers detaining a child. At the center, layered on top, is a semi-transparent teal text box that states, " A record 37% of all Palestinian child detainees are held without charge or trial by Israeli forces in administrative detention."
May 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Real repro justice demands a free Palestine.

The world and future we seek requires solidarity through action.

Disrupt and resist the U.S. complicity in continuing this genocide and siege: tinyurl.com/USCPRAct

Donate to direct aid: linktr.ee/thesameerproject + gazafunds.com
Quote retweet by @byPlestia translating a Gazan tweet in Arabic. It reads, "Yesterday, my aunt was beside my mother, comforting her over the martyrdom of her son. Today, my mother is beside my aunt, comforting her over the martyrdom of her son."
May 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Screenshot of tweet by Noor Ejaz Chaudhry. She states,"The people of Kashmir lose more than anyone else every time India and Pakistan fight it out over the region. Tightened military control. Suffocating spot checks. Curfews. Raids. Insecurity that anyone might be an insurgent. Thoughts with Kashmiri families."
May 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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We must do anything and everything to stop this genocide.

Any future worth living in that truly realizes repro justice includes a free Palestine.

Take action. Protest, pressure, interrupt, boycott: tinyurl.com/USCPRAct

Give to direct aid & survival funds: linktr.ee/thesameerproject gazafunds.com
Screenshot of Maura Finkelstein tweet that reads, "The scale of devastation is designed to make us feel hopeless (& I feel hopeless a lot of the time) but we can all do SOMETHING, no matter how small. Also, beyond $-organize locally, join direct actions, stay dedicated to boycotts, take every opportunity to disrupt the status quo."
May 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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We cannot selectively care about fascism and state violence carried out by our government.

Whether it's Yemen, or here, or Palestine, or Lebanon, or Sudan, our commitment to repro justice must include us all.

Take action: www.warresisters.org

credit @nisrinelamin.bsky.social
Screenshot of Nisrin Elamin quote retweet commenitng on a BBC News Africa report that states, "At least 68 African migrants have been killed in a US airstrike on a detention centre in Houthi-controlled north-western Yemen, the armed group's TV channel says." Nisrin comments, "68 African migrants are killed by the U.S. in an airstrike on Yemen and its crickets in the US mainstream media."
April 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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There is a movement that has got your back!

Shout out to Palestine Legal along with @ccrjustice.org, @nlgnews.bsky.social, CUNY CLEAR, @unitedwedream.org, and others for providing useful legal resources for activists demanding a free Palestine.

Find the resources at bit.ly/PalestineLegalResources.
Screenshot of the first slide of a Palestine Legal resource guide. It has a red background and white text at the top that reads "Legal Resources for Palestine Activists." Below are silver legal scales where on the right is collage picture of Trump pointing, a riot policeman, and someone with a kevlar jacket emblazoned with POLICE ICE. To the left on the scales is an activist with a keffiyeh, hijab and mask holding a megaphone, Mahmoud Khalil, and an activist waving the Palestinian flag.
April 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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On Earth Day, we must redouble our global solidarity, care, and actions.

Show up and #KeepEyesOnSudan

✍🏾 Sign the petition calling for an immediate ceasefire: bit.ly/sudanceasefire

📦 Donate to displaced families in ZamZam IDP camp: darfuridp.org

Follow Nala Feminist Colelctive: nalafem.org
A collage artwork celebrating and honoring Sudanese women. The background is green grass with flowers and plant life. At the center is a black and white photo of a Sudanese woman with braids and a nose ring that connects to her ear with shells, gold. She also has a earring and there is a ceramic bowl decorated with cowry shells filled with oranges, gold jewelry, and other beautiful objects balanced on her head. A graphic with white on the left side and a sliver of a collage of a Sudanese women from the previous carousel slide. Purple text reads on the white space, "Humanitarian support for Sudan has dropped by over 80% due to cuts from aid donors like USAID -- even as the violence, displacement, and starvation continue." In black, "We must redouble our solidarity, care, and actions."
April 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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We can and should give to those caring, providing life-sustaining resources in this moment.

Donate to direct aid and survival funds:
linktr.ee/thesameerproject + gazafunds.com

And support your local abortion and bail funds:
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A graphic from The Slow Factory with a story from Gaza the background is black and at the bottom is the picture of a Palestinian child looking tired while holding his baby sibling. The white text above the picture reads, "In Nasser Hospital's pediatric ward, Samia Ashour, a 35-year-old woman is sitting beside her malnourished 50-day-old son, and shows little sign of responsiveness. "I breastfeed him every day, but he's easting away in front of me." "Through her preganncy due to Israel's blockade, Ashour survived on a single meal a dat. "There was never enough food. No vegetables. No protein. No milk." At birth, Ibrahim weighed under one kilogram and now requires formula milk -- but none is available due to Israel blocking formula specifically from entering Gaza. "Even if I had money, there's nothing to buy. The crossing are closed. The shelves are empty."
April 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Repro justice means unwinding and challenging a status quo where our taxes fuel and fund state violence from here to Palestine, Yemen, Lebanon, and across the world.

Take action now. Organize, boycott, interrupt, demand and arms embargo, and more: tinyurl.com/USCPRAct
A Visualizing Palestine graphic showing how our tax dollars are spent on war and genocide instead of other needs and resources. The top half has a white background, the bottom has a black background. On the top is an ambulance to the right is text that reads, "With the 17.9 billion Congress has spent in one year on weapons for Israel, 6,2228,253 children could receive free or low-cost health for a year." On the bottom is a red tank, mirroring the ambulance. To the right text states, "Instead 1,000,000+ Palestinian children in Gaza are in need of mental health support. Not my tax dollars."
April 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM