Resources
Resources in the Greater New Orleans area for:
- all options of pregnancy (parenting, adoption, abortion care)
- healthcare access
- those who have experienced or are currently experiencing sexual assault or domestic violence
- the LGBTQI community
Support Organizations/Hotlines for those who have had an abortion or are considering abortion care
From Expose Fake Clinics : "Anti-choice extremists have been attacking abortion access in the U.S. since the procedure became legal in 1973. One of their tactics is one that most people have never heard of: FAKE CLINICS.
Yep, it’s a thing. In fact, there are close to 4,000 fake clinics all over the country vs. only 780 real abortion providers. Also known as Crisis Pregnancy Centers or CPCs, fake clinics do NOT provide comprehensive reproductive health care—or much of any "health care" at all! Instead, they use phony ads to trick pregnant people into making an appointment, promising “free ultrasounds” or “pregnancy support.”
Once inside, people are lied to, shamed, and pressured about their reproductive health decisions, often delaying their procedure or pushing them past the deadline for a legal abortion altogether.
CPCs are often made to look like medical facilities, yet they don't practice medicine (outside of an occasional ultrasound or STI test), nor do they use medical facts or standardized ethics. More and more, these predatory places are funded by taxpayer dollars, impacting poor women and people of color the hardest. "
Examples: Access Pregnancy/Referral Center (Metairie, Marrero), Woman’s New Life Center (Metairie), Pregnancy Care Center (Metairie), Pregnancy Testing Center (Gretna), Pregnancy Help Center (Slidell), CareNet Centers and others.
Parenting Resources
Adoption Resources
Pregnancy Termination Resources
Local Abortion Providers
Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Services
LGBTQI Resources
- All-Options - Unbiased, judgement-free talkline during or after an experience with pregnancy, parenting, abortion or adoption. Call: 1-888-493-0092
- Exhale - After Abortion Talkline. Call: 1-866-4-EXHALE
- Faith Aloud - Talkline regarding spiritual concerns about pregnancy or abortion. Phone: 1-888-717-5010
- Catholics for Choice - Information about pregnancy options in a choice based Catholic framework.
- Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice - Information about pregnancy options in a choice framework from multiple religious viewpoints (Jewish, Catholic, Muslim, Hindu, Protestant, and Unitarian Universalist).
- Birthmark Doula Collective - Doula, educational services for pregnant people. Phone: 504-457-8332
- ReproCare - Hotline that provides medical information and emotional support by phone for people planning or having an abortion with pills. Call or text at 1(888)708-0527.
- St. Thomas Community Health - Sliding scale medical clinic with multiple locations, private insurance and Medicaid accepted.
- Crescent Care, New Orleans - Sliding scale medical clinic with multiple locations, private insurance and Medicaid accepted.
- Excelth - Sliding scale medical clinic with multiple locations, private insurance and Medicaid accepted.
- Mom & Baby Mobile Health Center, Interim LSU Hospital/March of Dimes. For info: 504-903-7090, for appointments: 504-235-1706
- Planned Parenthood of the Gulf Coast, New Orleans - Private insurance, medicaid accepted, self pay ok. 4636 S Claiborne Ave. Phone: 504-897-9200
- Louisiana Medicaid - Apply for healthcare online or by phone: 1-888-342-6207
From Expose Fake Clinics : "Anti-choice extremists have been attacking abortion access in the U.S. since the procedure became legal in 1973. One of their tactics is one that most people have never heard of: FAKE CLINICS.
Yep, it’s a thing. In fact, there are close to 4,000 fake clinics all over the country vs. only 780 real abortion providers. Also known as Crisis Pregnancy Centers or CPCs, fake clinics do NOT provide comprehensive reproductive health care—or much of any "health care" at all! Instead, they use phony ads to trick pregnant people into making an appointment, promising “free ultrasounds” or “pregnancy support.”
Once inside, people are lied to, shamed, and pressured about their reproductive health decisions, often delaying their procedure or pushing them past the deadline for a legal abortion altogether.
CPCs are often made to look like medical facilities, yet they don't practice medicine (outside of an occasional ultrasound or STI test), nor do they use medical facts or standardized ethics. More and more, these predatory places are funded by taxpayer dollars, impacting poor women and people of color the hardest. "
Examples: Access Pregnancy/Referral Center (Metairie, Marrero), Woman’s New Life Center (Metairie), Pregnancy Care Center (Metairie), Pregnancy Testing Center (Gretna), Pregnancy Help Center (Slidell), CareNet Centers and others.
Parenting Resources
- LaMOMS - Louisiana pregnancy Medicaid enrollment (first obtain verification of pregnancy from licensed medical clinic). Assistance finding an OB/GYN. Phone: 1-877-455-9955
- Nurse Family Partnership - Provides care and support via home visits from registered nurses to low-income, first-time parents in order to promote having healthy pregnancy, providing responsible and competent care for their children, and becoming more economically self-sufficient. Phone: 504-568-5926
- Partners for Healthy Babies - Louisiana WIC Program. Phone: 800-251-BABY (2229) or 504-568-3504
- Birthmark Doula Collective - Doula, educational services for pregnant and postpartum people. Phone: 504-457-8332
Adoption Resources
- Volunteers of America Adoption Program, Phone: 504-836-8714
- St. Elizabeth's Foundation, Phone: 225-769-8888
- Beacon House Adoption, Phone: 225-753-5551
- Louisiana Safe Haven - Louisiana's Safe Haven Law provides a mechanism for mothers to relinquish rights to newborns up to 60 days old at designated facilities.
Pregnancy Termination Resources
- New Orleans Abortion Fund - Financial assistance for abortion procedures. Call: 504-363-1112
- National Abortion Federation (NAF) - The professional association of abortion providers in North America.
- Louisiana Judicial Bypass Project - In Louisiana, as a minor (17 years and younger) you are required to provide consent from a parent or legal guardian to access pregnancy termination services. In those cases where it would be too dangerous or impossible to obtain parental permission, you can obtain a judicial bypass. This means that a judge grants permission for you to receive abortion services. Those with the Judicial Bypass Project can help you navigate the process.
- Women on Web aims to prevent unsafe abortions. They answer thousands of questions about medical abortions every day.
Local Abortion Providers
- Women's Health Care Center - New Orleans, LA (Local) Phone: 504-899-6010
- Delta Clinic of Baton Rouge, Inc. - Baton Rouge, LA (1 hour Commute) Phone: 225-923-3242
- Hope Medical Group for Women - Shreveport, LA (5 hour Commute) Phone: 318-221-5500 I 800-448-5004
- Jackson Women’s Health Organization - Jackson, MS (3 hour Commute) Phone: 601-366-2261
- West Alabama Women’s Center - (up to 20 weeks), Tuscaloosa, AL (4 hour Commute) Phone: Local 205-556-2026 I Toll Free 1-800-616-2383
- Planned Parenthood of the Gulf Coast (up to 20 weeks), Houston, Tx (5.5 hour Commute) Phone: Local 713-535-2400 I Toll Free 1-800-831-6538
Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Services
- University Medical Center Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (UMC SANE) Program - Provides medical treatment and forensic exams after a sexual assault for those 15 years old and up. The SANE Program is located in the UMC New Orleans Emergency Department. UMC phone: 504-903-3000
- Children’s Hospital CARE/Audrey Hepburn Center - Provides medical treatment and forensic exams after a sexual assault for those 18 and younger. Phone: 504-896-9237
- Family Justice Center - Mental health services, advocacy and support groups for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Phone: 504-592-4005 or call their 24 hour crisis line: 504-866-9554
- Metropolitan Center for Women and Children - Mental health services, advocacy and support groups for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 24 hour crisis hotline: 504-837-5400
- STAR - Counseling, advocacy, and legal services for sexual assault survivors. . Phone: 855-435-STAR
- Women With A Vision - A social justice non-profit by and for women of color offers case management and advocacy. Programs for women's health education, harm reduction and overdose prevention, HIV/AIDS and STI prevention, gender-based violence prevention, sex worker advocacy, and LGBTQ advocacy. Phone: 504-301-0428
- National Sexual Assault Hotline - Free confidential support. Phone: 800-656-HOPE (4673)
- National Human Trafficking Resources Center (NHTRC) - Offers social and legal services for victims and survivors of human trafficking. To report a tip or request services call: 888-373-7888
LGBTQI Resources
- Crescent Care, New Orleans - Sliding Scale medical clinic with multiple locations takes private insurance and Medicaid accepted. Offers primary care, hormone therapy, HIV and STD testing, gynecological screenings and care, integrated services with Crescent Care's Behavioral Health, Dental, Social Support and Prevention departments. Phone: 504.207.CARE (2273), 844.315.CARE (2273)
- NO/AIDS Task Force (part of Crescent Care) - Offers a holistic approach to the care of people and families living with HIV/AIDS. Full spectrum of care at low to no cost, including services such as an HIV medical clinic; food pantry; home-delivered meal service; housing; behavioral health services; peer support and many others. 2601 Tulane Ave., Suite 500, New Orleans, LA 70119 (in the Crescent Care building), Phone: (504) 821-2601
- Break Out!, New Orleans - seeks to end the criminalization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth to build a safer and more just New Orleans. Phone: 504-252-9025
- Louisiana Trans Advocates - Providers list shares resources ranging from physicians to personal care.
- Trans Lifeline - A hotline staffed by transgender people for transgender people in crisis. Phone: (877) 565-8860
- LGBTQNOLA.tumblr.org is a consistently updated directory that has a wide range of resources for the LGBTQ community in New Orleans.
