DIY Doula Zine: Self-Care for Before, During, & After Your Abortion

New Edition Coming Soon

"[DIY Doula] is jam-packed with useful tips that are often delivered with a laidback yet trustworthy voice, which lends each entry the feeling that it was written by your best friend. DIY Doula shines for how valuable and accessible its information is[...]. It would be difficult to find this kind of stuff elsewhere, without being loaded by sterile, medical jargon." -Stephanie Jimenez for Ravishly.com

The Doula Project believes everyone should be trusted to make the decisions right for their body or pregnancy. That’s why we created DIY Doula: Self-Care for Before, During, & After Your Abortion, a zine all about self-care and agency – two things we all need. Our goal for this 48-page zine is to be “long-distance doulas” to our readers who might not have access to a doula in their communities. While we may not be able to hold their hands during their procedures, through comics, drawings, personal essays, games, and more, we’re tackling some of the tough questions, affirming that people can trust their decisions, modeling how to ask for support, and giving tips on self-advocacy. The zine also acts as a huge, diverse toolbox that gives some more practical support and answers FAQs that we often find ourselves addressing in clinics. We’d love to table with our zine at your event! Reach out to zine@doulaproject.org. This project received a Seed Support grant from the Abortion Conversation Project to reduce abortion stigma.

We’re making free and sliding-scale copies of the zine available to people having abortions, and all copies sold above cost support our work providing free full-spectrum care. Get yourself a copy. Get your friends a copy. Pass it on! 

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