Brookside Health Initiatives

We have updated our goal to raise $75k to keep our staff and clinic open. We need your help!

If Austin's last remaining safe, independent reproductive healthcare clinic closes due to relentless attacks, loss of revenue, and confusion about the law, our fellow Texans will have nowhere to turn for a minimum of 150 miles away from Austin to:

make choices about their bodies

make choices about their futures

Since the overturning of Roe V. Wade and the Texas Legislator’s quick action to cut off access locally, the last safe independent reproductive healthcare clinic in Central Texas has been thrown into chaos. Clients are too intimidated to come in, referral sources have shrunken away for fear of legal action, and the news media has struggled to keep up with options that remain. As the last Independent clinic in Austin, we are at a crisis point. Austin Women's Health Center (est. 1976) is a small team with few reserves and we have had to spend thousands on advertising, marketing and staff, to be able to adapt in a hostile and willfully unclear environment.

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO CREATE A BRIDGE NOT ONLY FOR THIS SMALL BUSINESS BUT FOR THE VULNERABLE WOMEN ACROSS THE STATE.

Give our community and the 3,000 patients we currently serve, hope and agency by donating now! We have a huge goal to raise $75k to keep our staff and clinic open.

Since last June, we have served over 3,000 clients with timely and compassionate healthcare. We have provided over 1000 unbiased ultrasounds in early pregnancy and have identified multiple ectopic pregnancies that helped to expedite the treatment of this life-threatening condition. We have counseled hundreds of patients on their abortion options and provided referrals and resources. We have provided over 250 post-abortion follow-ups to patients anxious about the success of their abortion. We have helped 25 patients successfully and compassionately manage their miscarriages. And we have inserted over 150 long-acting reversible contraceptive devices.

Please help us continue providing these life-saving treatments.

Thank you for helping independent clinics like ours continue serving our community. Together, we can ensure that Austin Women's Health remains open and continues serving pro-choice care.

Sincerely,

The Staff at Austin Women's Health

More On Why This Is So Critical

We know that in Austin, when people search for ultrasounds, they may come across anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers in their search results, which have been found to lie about ultrasound results to dissuade people from getting an abortion. This is dangerous.

Patients may not know where to turn for care after their abortions—we offer safety and support through pro-choice abortion follow-ups.

We recently had a patient who we will call Sara, come to see us for an ultrasound since she would have to wait three more weeks to get in with an obstetrician. Our highly trained staff identified an ectopic pregnancy and Sara was seen the same day for emergency surgery at a local hospital to treat this life-threatening situation.

Clinic closures can make people, like Sara, feel alone and unsure of where to go, adding to a culture of confusion created by anti-abortion legislation.

We’re launching this GoFundMe campaign for patients like Sara and to continue to provide vital care to our community.

This care includes:

Comprehensive gynecological care

Miscarriage management

Family planning services

STI testing and treatment

Pregnancy testing, sonography, and options counseling

Abortion care referral services

Abortion follow-up services

Will you help us reach our goal?

By donating to our campaign, you will directly support the health and safety of women in our community. Your contribution will help cover the high cost of stocking contraceptive devices, which are highly effective at preventing unintended pregnancy.

Sharing our campaign with friends and family, spreading the word on social media, and volunteering your time are all ways to support our cause.

Austin Women's Health Center has been serving the Austin community with quality reproductive care since 1976. We provide pro-choice reproductive healthcare services in a private, supportive environment free of coercion or hidden agendas.