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Every woman deserves to control whether or when to start or expand her family, and no one should have to face an unwanted pregnancy. Since 2017, we’ve improved the lives of more than 530,000 women with direct access to contraceptive and reproductive healthcare.
Mission
New Morning’s mission is to transform healthcare in partnership with communities, providers, and patients to ensure that everyone can obtain high-quality sexual and reproductive health services.
Vision
New Morning envisions a world in which all people have the knowledge, access, resources, and freedom needed to make decisions about and obtain sexual and reproductive health care.
New Morning leads one of the largest, most successful contraceptive access programs in the U.S. Our nonprofit clinical network provides family planning counseling and free or low-cost birth control for low-income, uninsured or underinsured women in every corner of the state.
Since the program launched, South Carolina’s unintended pregnancy rate has plummeted from 50% to 37% – the lowest in two decades. Unwanted births declined 58% and intended births increased 28%. Demand for birth control has skyrocketed since mid-2022, but we’ve still been able to serve 1 in 3 SC women. And from January to November 2024, we provided more than $3.1 million in subsidized birth control for South Carolinians, a significant increase over years past.
Our work goes far beyond providing birth control, though; we’re dismantling barriers to healthcare and advocating for reproductive equity.
Prevented Up To
114,000 unintended pregnancies1
54,000 unplanned births1
38,000 abortions1
[1] Health Benefits and Costs Savings of Publicly Funded Family Planning tool publicly accessible here.
[2] Percent of births categorized as “wanted then or sooner” at time of pregnancy, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, SC Department of Public Health, 2022
[3] Percent of births categorized as “not wanted” at time of pregnancy, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, SC Department of Public Health, 2022
Frequently Asked Questions
How is New Morning funded?
New Morning is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and depends upon grants and charitable donations by individuals. Our annual audits are clean, and we have received the highest designation from GuideStar/Candid.
How can I support New Morning’s work?
Thank you! There are many ways to support New Morning’s mission. Please visit our Support page to learn more.
What impact has New Morning had on the state of South Carolina?
New Morning is enhancing South Carolina’s reproductive health landscape by collaboratively developing and maintaining a competent, prepared, and sustainable reproductive healthcare workforce. Since 2017, New Morning has trained over 9,300 attendees in topics such as patient-centered counseling, contraceptive method provision, trauma-informed care, and pregnancy intention screening. Additionally, New Morning has prepared over 1,200 advanced practice providers to offer long-acting reversible contraceptive services, including the IUD and the implant. Through partnerships with colleges of nursing, New Morning has equipped over 980 new advanced practice registered nurses with knowledge and skills to deliver birth control services. It is estimated New Morning's efforts have generated $907 million in taxpayer savings for South Carolina.
Support our work.
Let’s make sure no woman is denied the right to control their future. Our program provides free or low-cost birth control at 120+ clinics across South Carolina.