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Texas is one such place.
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Nearly half of Texas women live in these counties.
The difficulty of getting an abortionemotionally, financially, and bureaucraticallyis by design.
This included any abortions not related to life endangerment.
Abortion advocates and providers kicked into action to reinstate services as quickly as possible.
And the fight is far from over.
Lawmakers in a host of other states arestill trying to restrict abortion accessin new ways during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We will continue to raise and distribute money for abortion access because funding abortion is mutual aid.
All pregnancy care is necessary and essentialincluding abortion.
We will continue to raise and distribute money for abortion access because funding abortion is mutual aid.
We have had callers toour helpline, reporting having to travel over 600 miles.
Our clients have very limited incomes and are the same people losing their jobs.
Many are essential workers, who are predominantly people of color.
Be diligent, unwavering, and radical.
Fight for abortions to happen in your state as essential and time-sensitive health care.
As grassroots abortion funds, we know the power is in the people.
The potential impact of this ban was even worse for teens than it was for adults.
Jane’s Due Process was founded to help teens navigate these laws and confidentially get reproductive health care.
The judicial bypass process is confidential and the court refers to teens as Jane to protect their anonymity.
The potential impact of this ban was even worse for teens than it was for adults.
But during COVID-19, they have pushed abortion care completely out of reach for so many people.
But it’s hard doing this work in the South and Midwest.
We don’t have the same resources as the coasts.
Those leaders and organizations know how to win true reproductive freedom for their communities and need your support.
Dont allow pressure from antiabortion protesters or politicians to dissuade you.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, our work has changed a lot.
We skipped steps in the visit that might not be absolutely necessary.
Then you’ve got the political interference that happened in Texas.
After that, we were able to resume allabortionservices.
Of those, were trying to prioritize folks that are hitting the legal limits.
It’s pretty powerful and our staff really served as case managers for those patients.
A couple of them had never even flown before and never stayed in a hotel before.
Im super proud of the staff for figuring out how to navigate this.
But I feel it’s sad heroism.
It shouldn’t take extreme measures just to be seen.
Dont allow pressure fromantiabortion protestersor politicians to dissuade you.
Just because they may claim you are not following the guidelines does not mean their complaints are well-founded.
You are providing essential care, and you are frontline health workers that deserve the communitys thanks and respect.
We have been working around the clock during this pandemic to check that women still have access toabortioncare.
Some states have exploited the current health crisis to ban abortion.
Since March we have filed cases in multiple states to fight these actions.
We immediately took them to court because abortion is time-sensitive, essential health care that cannot be delayed.
Court hearings have been taking place remotely via phone, so our cases have not been delayed.
you could find a list of abortion funds by statehere.
Our legal fight during the pandemic also reaffirmed just how strong the abortion rights movement is.
