About abotech

Abotech is a feminist technology ecosystem for abortion care created by Women Help Women.

We redesign access - making it simpler, safer, and harder to control.

In the past we were the healers and anatomists— abortion providers, midwives, herbalists, and counselors. We learned from each other, passing knowledge from neighbor to neighbor, mother to daughter. Sometimes we were called healers by our communities, and witches  by those in power.

For centuries, we have experimented, adapted, and innovated to access safe abortion. From herbs to early vacuum devices, we created methods that worked in real life. In the 1980s, Brazilian women discovered misoprostol was effective to induce abortions - and everything changed. Abortion became safer, simpler, and more accessible than ever before.

However, law and medicine, instead of embracing this transformation, they reinforced control and stigma, creating barriers to access.

And we are tired of this.

We need access to abortion now - that’s why we are ending pregnancies safely every day through collective knowledge, self-determination, and feminist communities of care.

Supporting access to abortion everyday, we have in-practice and technical knowledge to do evidence-driven innovations.

Abortion can be easier. It can be more comfortable and more private. It can happen at home, in friendly spaces, supported by trusted people, without fear, judgment, or unnecessary control.

This is the vision behind Feminist Abotech—the development of abortion technologies designed for real life and real people.

We are grounded in people’s real needs, and guided by our principles and dreams of how abortion should be.

Feminist Abotech is about supplies/tools and systems that reflect how people actually live, care, and make decisions: effective, safe, discreet, portable, and community-shared.

We stand on the pillars of reproductive justice, harm reduction, and human rights.

We are changing culture, shifting power, and refusing silence.

It is time to bring abortion into the 21st century.

To make it safe, accessible, and centered on people—not institutions.