Rouge Abortion Doula School

Rouge Abortion Doula School is a comprehensive initiation into abortion support & accompaniment. It is informed by decades of experience of global abortion counseling and work with abortion pills.

In Rouge Abortion Doula School you will:

  • Learn the history of abortion from ancient times to the present
  •  Embody somatic approaches to choice-based counseling based on Compassionate Inquiry and Gabor Mate’s approach.
  • Learn how to identify the different archetypes of the abortion seeker, and counsel effectively based on Alissa Perrucci’s foundational work, “Decision Assessment & Counseling in Abortion Care
  • Understand different contexts to which abortion seekers come from to empower people to access local resources more effectively
  • Learn science backed regimens for safely using mifepristone & misoprostol based on the WHO Safe Abortion Guidelines
  • Practice skills with colleagues, gain confidence with supportive feedback

Commitment:

  • This training is currently free
  • We ask for a commitment for 6 months to one year after the training. You can commit to support a certain number of abortion seekers per week.
  • As an abortion can take up to two weeks to complete, you may be working with a specific client until their abortion is finished. Some clients will require very little, while others can be more demanding
  • We ask that you take on as many clients as you have space. This could be anywhere from 1-10.
  • We are a start-up. As we continue to grow and fundraise there will be opportunities for paid work, and our Rouge Doulas will be the first to be paid.

Together we will co-create the Abortion Support of the future.

Rouge Abortion Doula School Details:

  •  DATES:  January 8, 2025 and will go for 13 weeks
  • Courses will meet weekly for 1.5 hours in the evening on Wednesdays
  • Classes will mostly be recorded and available to watch afterwards
  • Course attendance is 75%
  • Practice sessions will be organized outside of the Wednesday courses