National Network of Abortion Funds

Falling Between the Cracks: Why Abortion Funds Exist and How You Can Help Them Help Women

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by Eesha Pandit, Feministing

and Steph Herold

February 6, 2012 - 2:43pm (Print)

Even in New York and the 16 other states that provide Medicaid coverage for abortion, thousands of low-income women fall between the cracks. Many women may be too poor to pay for abortion procedures, but they are uninsured or not poor enough to obtain public health insurance coverage like Medicaid.

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Just Go Balls Out, Already

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reader diary by Stacey Burns

March 30, 2011 - 12:43pm (Print)

Subject: Do you know of any resources for this woman?

"This woman," who has no car, lives in a South Dakota town a 12-hour round trip drive from the nearest abortion provider. 

 

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Women's Medical Fund Helps Where Government Fails

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by Eleanor J. Bader, RH Reality Check

June 23, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

It's not even 10:00 a.m. at Philadelphia's abortion fund and I'm already overwhelmed. But the counselors are cheerful, eager to do what they can for low-income women who can't afford abortions in southeastern Pennsylvania.
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Recession Leads to More Abortions and Vasectomies

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by Joe Veix, RH Reality Check

March 27, 2009 - 1:55pm (Print)

When the recession hit in November, abortion and vasectomy rates rose significantly.

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When The Money Runs Out: Abortion Funds Struggling

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by Lindsey Oliver, Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project

January 14, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

It's clear the recession is having a disproportionate impact on the women abortion funds serve. Our intake forms are filled with women saying they have lost their jobs, been evicted, or are living on the streets.
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How to Push Abortion Out of Women's Reach in Four Days or Less

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by Anna Clark, RH Reality Check

November 18, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)

Family Research Council members convinced a New Jersey hotel to stop offering discounted room rates to women coming to the state seeking abortion care. Is cutting off assistance for lodging and travel for women seeking abortion care the best way to help or simply a low-blow to women in vulnerable circumstances?
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