About the Traveling Exhibit

FOCUS ON ABORTION, the traveling exhibit, is available to bring to your house of worship, library, community center, clinic, college or high school.

In this ready-to-hang and easy-to install traveling exhibit, we are introduced to individuals who have had abortions and others who are close to the abortion experience, including partners, and professionals who provide abortion care. Each person is represented by a photographic portrait and a first-person narrative.

The storytellers, through their nuanced narratives, provide a broad picture of abortion in our country. 

Why Host This Exhibition?

These stories have the potential to widen public understanding of abortion, and to encourage civil discourse around this often-polarizing subject. We  know from the Civil Rights and Gay Rights Movements that we learn from other people's stories.

These stories could help mitigate the profound stigma that surrounds abortion. Many will be surprised to learn that one out of four women in the US will have an abortion during their reproductive years.

Exhibit Specs:

• 19 ready-to-hang portrait photographs

• 19 ready-to-hang narrative panels

• Introduction panel

• Gallery copy of the book of the same name

• Detailed installation instructions

Exhibit Size: Approximately 100 linear feet

Fee: There is no charge to host the exhibit. Host institution is responsible for outbound shipping via UPS.

Focus on Abortion has been hosted by:

• All Souls Church Unitarian, Washington DC

• Calvary Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

• California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA

• Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University, CA

• Cooperative Gallery 213, Binghamton, NY 

• Congregation Shaare Emeth, St Louis, MO

• First Unitarian Church, Portland, OR

• First United Methodist Church, Boise, ID

• Marin Academy, San Rafael, CA

• Middlebury College, Feminine Resource Center, Middlebury, VT

• NARAL Power of Choice Event, San Francisco

• National Abortion Federation, national meetings

• National Council of Jewish Women, national meetings

• Roosevelt University, Honors Program/Library, Chicago, IL

• Rice University, Center for the Study of Women, Gender, & Sexuality,” Houston, TX

• Sacramento State University, Sacramento, CA

• San Francisco State U, San Francisco, CA

• Sierra College, Rocklin, CA 

• University of Toledo, Dept. of Women & Gender Studies, Toledo, OH

To bring the traveling exhibit to your community, please fill out the contact page or send an email to focusonabortion@gmail.com