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November 7th, 2012
Women won in 2012. Let's aim high.
Across the country voters spoke loud and clear this week: President Obama ran on a platform strongly supporting the right to abortion regardless of the ability to pay, and he won resoundingly.
Women won. By enormous margins, women delivered that victory.
Categories: abortion restrictions, economic justice, Funds, health care reform, Hyde Amendment, immigrants' rights, TakeAction
September 13th, 2012
TODAY ONLY: help the Texas Equal Access Fund go farther!
Q: What could be better than helping a woman in the Texas panhandle struggling to get the care she needs?
A: Helping two Texans!
Give a little, help a lot: The Texas Equal Access Fund is participating in a matching campaign this year, and today's the day your gift can go farther!
UPDATE: The Texas Equal Access Fund reports that they raised over $12,000 to help women in North Texas in a single day! Thank you so much to all who took part!
Categories: economic justice, Funds, Texas Equal Access Fund
August 30th, 2012
"Many, many people do not have $650 in their bank account..."
Danielle Boudrow volunteers with the Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund and was one of six women voters selected by the New York Times to participate in a live video chat this week to discuss how the 2012 election affects women's lives. She was the youngest participant and the only one with experience working directly with women who are hurt by discriminatory abortion funding bans.
Here's what she had to say:
Categories: Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund, economic justice, Funds, health care reform
August 28th, 2012
Corn dogs, crop art, and condoms-on-a-stick
The last few weeks of summer means State Fair season around the country -- corn dogs, crop art, and in Minnesota, at least, condoms-on-a-stick!
That's right: for the last four decades, Pro-Choice Resources (home to the Hersey Abortion Assistance Fund, one of the Network's founding members) has had a booth at the Minnesota State Fair, where their crew of volunteers greets fairgoers alongside vendors selling funnel cakes, cheese curds, and local crafts in the bustling grandstand.
Categories: Funds, Pro-Choice Resources
July 11th, 2012
Requests from Ireland double for the third consecutive year
For the third consecutive year, the international abortion fund Abortion Support Network (ASN) in England will see requests for abortion funding from Irish women double.
As ASN director Mara Clarke (pictured at left) tells The Guardian, "The continued economic crisis is making it even more of a struggle for women and families to keep their heads above water and Ireland's severe abortion restrictions make it even harder for women in financial distress."
Categories: Abortion Support Network, economic justice, Funds, International Funds, unfair laws
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In October 2011, a group of activists organized to form a new abortion fund in North Carolina. Several months of volunteer work and one amazingly successful bowl-a-thon later, the Carolina Abortion Fund began funding abortions for low-income women in North Carolina in 2012! The Network is proud to welcome a new fund in one of the areas where it's needed the most. (Photo © Joanna Palmisano)
Virginia lives in federal prison.
Twenty weeks ago, she was sexually assaulted. She has no money for an abortion and her family is unable to help.
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