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# AP Toolkit

The AP Toolkit seeks to support abortion care as a normal part of primary care

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## Pages

- [Coming Soon](http://apctoolkit.org/) - Coming Soon... The Abortion Provider Toolkit For advanced practice clinicians Locations where advanced practice clinicians can provide different types of abortions Procedural and MedicationNeitherMedication Only
- [Understanding Abortion Care](http://apctoolkit.org/understanding-abortion-care/) - Understanding Abortion Care An Overview of Abortion Care Data regarding abortion rates and trends come from organizations like the CDC and surveillance reports from the Guttmacher Institute that compile voluntary figures from hospitals, clinics, and central state health agencies to create comprehensive reports. The CDC has been conducting abortion surveillance since 1969 and regularly publishes Abortion Surveillance Reports.
- [Home](http://apctoolkit.org/home/) - The Abortion Provider Toolkit For advanced practice clinicians The Abortion Provider Toolkit provides evidence for abortion care as a natural extension of the work of Advanced Practice Clinicians (APCs)-including nurse practitioners (NPs), midwives, and physician associates (PAs)-who care for patients at risk for or experiencing an unintended pregnancy. The Abortion Provider Toolkit seeks to support
- [Who Can Provide Abortion Care](http://apctoolkit.org/who-can-provide-abortion-care/) - Who Can Provide Abortion Care? Advanced Practice Clinicians as Abortion Providers Although much of this Toolkit is directed at NPs, midwives, and PAs (APCs), it is important to note the critical role played by all members of the abortion care team, including nurses, medical assistants, pharmacists, and other frontline clinicians. Globally, WHO provides guidelines
- [Training & Curricular Resources](http://apctoolkit.org/training-curricular-resources/) - Training and Curricular Resources Curricular, Academic, Advocacy, and Clinical Training Resources in Abortion Care Academic Resources, Fact Sheets, and Briefs Options Counseling Provide Practice Guide for All-Options Pregnancy Counseling RHAP Options Counseling Abortion Facts National Abortion Federation Abortion Fact Sheet Contraception Resources Bedsider is an online birth control support network for patients ages 18-29. Long
- [Urgent Need for APC Procedural Abortion Care](http://apctoolkit.org/urgent-need-for-apc-procedural-abortion-care/) - APC Training Urgency and Training Resources The Urgent Need to Train APCs One bright spot in the increasingly restrictive abortion landscape in the United States has been a quiet, countervailing trend toward removing legal and regulatory barriers that have historically prohibited nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, and physician associates (collectively referred to as advanced practice clinicians)
- [State Abortion Laws](http://apctoolkit.org/state-abortion-laws/) - State Abortion Laws and Their Relationship to Practice Authority State-by-State Abortion Provision Map Procedural and MedicationNeitherMedication Only State Abortion Laws and Provision State abortion laws often do not reflect the state of evidence regarding abortion safety when performed by APCs (NASEM). Previously, most abortion laws were enacted both before the expansion of APRN and PA
- [Professional & Advocacy Organizations](http://apctoolkit.org/professional-advocacy-organizations/) - Professional & Advocacy Organizations Professional Organizations American Academy of Nursing - Women's Health Expert Panel The American Academy of Nursing's Expert Panels disseminate and discuss trends in healthcare issues, research, and policy. The products of these panels often include policy proposals, advocacy papers, position statements, and research agendas. American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) The
- [Legal, Legislative & Policy](http://apctoolkit.org/legal-legislative-policy/) - Legal, Legislative & Policy Resources The Abortion Defense Network is a collaborative effort by nonprofit organizations, private law firms, and government officials committed to safeguarding abortion access and upholding reproductive rights. It is managed by the Lawyering Project, a legal advocacy organization that blends traditional impact litigation with movement lawyering to promote reproductive health, rights, and
- [Licensure & Credentialing](http://apctoolkit.org/licensure-credentialing/) - Licensure and Credentialing Practice Authority-Licensure, Credentialing, and Scope NPs and CNMs are credentialed first as registered nurses and then as advanced practice registered nurses (in the NP or CNM role). To date, 12 states and the District of Columbia have recognized the CM credential: Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York,
- [Documenting Competency](http://apctoolkit.org/documenting-competency/) - Documenting Competency in Abortion Care What is a Professional Portfolio? Why Develop One? A professional portfolio is a collection of documents showcasing the breadth and depth of your professional credentials and major accomplishments. It is more inclusive than a resume or curriculum vitae (CV). In addition to educational background, credentials, and previous positions, the professional portfolio
- [Advocacy](http://apctoolkit.org/advocacy/) - Advocacy CIAC 2025 Call to Action APCs in the abortion care workforce, as well as trainees and advocates, must understand their value to institutions. They must be able to articulate that value to the organizations they hope to work with, and they must have a working knowledge of scope of practice, the history of APCs
- [Basic Types of Abortion Procedures](http://apctoolkit.org/basic-types-of-abortion-procedures/) - Basic Types of Abortion Procedural Abortion, Medication Abortion, and Self-Managed Abortion An essential initial step in advocating for Nurse Practitioners (NPs), midwives, and Physician Assistants (PAs) as abortion providers involves comprehensive education regarding the abortion procedure. Often, politicians, regulators, and healthcare practitioners lack awareness of the fundamental training required to become proficient providers of medication
- [Barriers to Abortion Provision](http://apctoolkit.org/barriers-to-abortion-provision/) - Barriers to Care Barriers to Abortion Provision by Advanced Practice Clinicians (APCs) As the rhetorical claims of the anti-abortion movement intersect with challenges to scope of practice, NPs, midwives, and PAs face multiple barriers to abortion provision, including: Confusing and rapidly changing state abortion laws Each state is governed by a complex set of laws,
- [Abortion-Related Research](http://apctoolkit.org/abortion-related-research/) - Abortion-Related Research Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) conducts innovative, rigorous, multidisciplinary research on complex issues related to people's sexual and reproductive lives. Guttmacher Institute is a leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in the United States and globally. Ibis Reproductive Health provides research
- [History of Provision](http://apctoolkit.org/history-of-provision/) - History of Provision History of Advanced Practice Clinicians (APCs) as Abortion Providers A Timeline of APCs as Abortion Providers from Roe v. Wade to Today In 1973, PAs first started providing procedural abortion care at the Vermont Women's Health Center. In 1976, Susan Cahill started providing abortion care as a PA in Montana. Throughout the