When you need us,
we'll be
Right By You.
A youth-focused text line connecting Missourians to abortion care, birth care, adoption and parenting supports, birth control, and information about their rights.
Adoption Information
We can share info on your rights and how to find an ethical adoption agency. Adoption without coercion.
Birth
Control
Contraception is available at low to no cost to all Missourians.
Birth control for all!
Parenting
Information
We can arm you with resources to parent to the best of your abilities—No matter your age.
Who We Are & What We Do
Right By You exists to help young people in Missouri understand all pregnancy options and the help available no matter what decision they make. Right By You is committed to providing accurate, non-judgmental information on accessing abortion care, pregnancy and birth care, and parenting and adoption resources. We also provide information about accessing contraception, avoiding pregnancy and dealing with pregnancy scares.
Our text line volunteers respond with compassion and validation to provide the information our texters need to make decisions that are right for them. The text line is free, anonymous and confidential.
We respond to texts live on Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays from 5:00-8:00pm, and on Wednesdays & Fridays from 3:00-6:00pm. If you text us outside that time, we'll send you our live hours, along with links to some helpful information. During our next live hours, a text line volunteer will see that you have texted, and will respond to you then.
Young Missourians who have tried out the text line say:
“Everything was very well laid out and explained.”
- Ava, Missouri teen
“The information was backed up with simpler terms. If there were statistics or a large amount of information presented, it was followed up with 'what this means is... do you understand?'”
- Taylor, Missouri teen
“It wasn’t intimidating or filled with assumptions."
- Jasmine, Missouri teen