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November 18th, 2011
D.C. leaders to Rep. Issa: "Thanks, but no thanks."
In an act of principled solidarity, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, and City Council Chair Kwame R. Browne rejected a proposal from Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) this week that would have given the city autonomy over its own budget — with a catch: the District would be permanently forbidden from spending its own taxpayer funds on abortion.
Categories: DC Abortion Fund, Funds, unfair laws
November 7th, 2011
Guaranteeing access, one dollar at a time
A lovely thank you note, cross-posted here from Sarah at Feminists for Choice:
When Serena proposed the idea of focusing on gratitude this month by honoring pro-choice advocates,
I immediately knew who I’d choose: the people that make sure that women who need abortions have the money to do so.
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October 25th, 2011
New abortion fund in North Carolina seeks board members!
Want to get involved with on-the-ground work helping women with direct assistance for abortion? Activists in North Carolina are in the process of forming a new abortion fund and they're looking for board members who want to help make sure that all women have access to the abortion care they seek.
Could this be you, or someone you know?
Carolina Abortion Fund, a newly formed nonprofit organization dedicated to raising and distributing funds to assist low-income women with obtaining abortion services, is seeking volunteer board members. As we are still in the initial phases of establishing the fund, this is an exciting opportunity to join the fund at its beginning, influence its direction and widen its reach.
Categories: Funds, TakeAction
October 14th, 2011
Our fall newsletter is here!
New to the Network? A loyal supporter? Find out more about the work that we do to help women get abortions they otherwise would not be able to afford, and why this work is needed today more than ever. Click below to download the Fall 2011 Newsletter:
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September 26th, 2011
The Hyde Amendment at 35: lessons for activists
Marlene Gerber Fried, founding president of the National Network of Abortion Funds, looks back at 35 years of the Hyde Amendment. What have we learned? Where do we go from here? (Cross-posted at RH Reality Check.)
Categories: abortion restrictions, economic justice, Funds, Hyde Amendment, immigrants' rights, Medicaid, TakeAction, unfair laws
September 16th, 2011
Giving through art
Award-winning artist Heather Keith Freeman does art as advocacy for a number of causes, but is especially dedicated to helping ensure that all women can live their lives with dignity.
The proprietor of Fire Sea Studios (motto: "Art Can Change the World"), Ms. Freeman has pledged fifty percent of the ongoing profits from prints of her powerful work, "Not Yours," shown below, to benefit the National Network of Abortion Funds:
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September 16th, 2011
Good News! Senate Committee passes budget without ban on DC abortion funding
Thank you to all who took action this week and called your Senators! The Senate Appropriations Committee met on Thursday, September 15th and passed the District of Columbia spending bill without any additional riders or bans on spending local funds on abortion.
Categories: abortion restrictions, DC Abortion Fund, economic justice, Funds, unfair laws
September 13th, 2011
TAKE ACTION: Senate Committee meeting THIS WEEK!
This April, the House of Representatives balanced the budget on the backs of low-income women in a last-minute backroom deal that abruptly stripped the District of Columbia's ability to use local funds to pay for abortions for poor women. This outrageous new abortion ban overruled the authority of DC's own elected officials, denying Medicaid-eligible women vital reproductive health care and gambling with their lives.
Now the Senate Appropriations Committee is preparing to extend this dangerous ban in the 2012 appropriations bill.
Don't let it happen again!
Categories: abortion restrictions, economic justice, Funds, health care reform, TakeAction, unfair laws
August 23rd, 2011
Another setback...and how you can help
"I know what impact this decision will have on Austin women." ~ Shailey Gupta-Brietzke, Board Member of Texas' Lilith Fund
Cross-posted from Hay Ladies
Categories: abortion restrictions, Funds, health care reform, TakeAction, unfair laws
August 11th, 2011
What ending MAP means for Texas women
For many, not even low income women, the thought of coming up with $500 next week is daunting.
The following is a cross-post from Hay Ladies, written by board member Shailey Gupta-Brietzke from Texas' Lilith Fund, which serves women in Austin and throughout Texas.
Categories: abortion restrictions, economic justice, Funds, Hyde Amendment, Lilith Fund, Medicaid, 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)
Getting an abortion means getting a second chance
Darcy is 14 and she needs help paying for an abortion that will cost more than the family's rent.
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