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December 29th, 2010

Don't join EMA at their fundraising event!

Does the very prospect of dressing up for another fancy fundraiser wear you out?

Would you just as soon don a snuggie, pop a batch of cookies in the oven, and curl up on the couch with a good book?

Then you'll want to check out the Eastern Massachusetts Abortion (EMA) Fund's non-event!

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Categories: Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund, Funds, TakeAction

December 22nd, 2010

Recognition and love for heroic acts of 2010!

Thank you to RH Reality Check for putting together one of the best end-of-year lists out there--it's not a contest, but an arena for some well-deserved recognition and love for many of 2010's most passionate and righteous activists who work hard every day to create real change and "promote sexual and reproductive justice, environmental justice, women's human rights and the rights of LGBT persons."

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Categories: abortion providers, abortion restrictions, economic justice, Funds, health care reform, Hyde Amendment, Medicaid, unfair laws

December 15th, 2010

DC Abortion Fund "Peace, Joy, and Choice" party a record-breaking success!

Congratulations to the DC Abortion Fund on the huge success of their Winter Holiday Party, "Peace, Joy and Choice"!

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Categories: DC Abortion Fund, economic justice, Funds

December 2nd, 2010

The DC Abortion Fund received record number of calls in 2010

The DC Abortion Fund has released its 2010 annual report. A quick look: the fund received over 1700 requests for assistance, nearly twice the 900 requests it received in 2009. The DC Abortion Fund also gave women an average of $149 each to help them pay for abortions they couldn't otherwise get. 

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Categories: DC Abortion Fund, economic justice, Funds

December 2nd, 2010

Join abortion fund Women's Medical Fund in Philly for two special forums!

A Women's Medical Fund Special Forum:  Abortion and Mental Health: Facts & Myths 

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Categories: abortion providers, Funds, health care reform

November 30th, 2010

Join abortion fund activists for "Separate and Unequal: The Hyde Amendment as a Civil Rights Issue"

Toni Bond Leonard (former president and current member of the National Network of Abortion Funds board of directors and CEO of Black Women for Reproductive Justice), Jessica Arons, and Alexis Zapeda (activists with the DC Abortion Fund) are taking part in a critical panel discussion about the Hyde Amendment and abortion acces for women living in poverty.

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Categories: abortion restrictions, economic justice, Funds, Hyde Amendment, Medicaid, unfair laws

October 29th, 2010

Nearly 1 in 10 DC residents making less than $5300 a year

How many Washingtonians are living in extreme poverty, making less than $5,300 per year for a single person? About 47,000 residents, or nine percent of the city's population. And what would it take to lift the District's low-income residents out of poverty? A full-time job paying between $12 to $15 an hour.

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Categories: economic justice, Funds

October 29th, 2010

A woman's story makes it all worthwhile

Here's one from the The CAIR Project in Washington state: 

A 23-year-old mom of two from Idaho, working and going to school, but with no health insurance, was able to get an abortion with help from CAIR for the last $125 she needed. Thanks, CAIR!

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