{"id":317977,"date":"2024-09-04T10:54:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T15:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=317977"},"modified":"2024-09-05T00:36:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T05:36:42","slug":"abortion-funds-money-womens-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-funds-money-womens-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Are abortion funds running out of money… and do they even pay for women’s abortions?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The abortion industry and pro-abortion media have been busy claiming that abortion funds are drying up, just two years after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization<\/em> that overturned the decades-old Roe v. Wade<\/em> court decision. The media claims the purported lack of funding is a “crisis,” a “perfect storm,” and “pure hell,” which is allegedly forcing “the abortion access movement” to stare “down a cliff.”<\/p>\n

“According to leaders of Planned Parenthood affiliates and abortion funds, there simply aren\u2019t enough dollars right now to support the need [for abortion] at any level,\u201d The South Carolina Daily Gazette<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

The Fuller Project, which has a mission of being a “global newsroom dedicated to groundbreaking reporting that catalyzes positive change for women” headlined its article<\/a>, “A slap in the face\u2019: Democrats go on abortion offensive, but grassroots funders are falling behind.” The Project wrote that “abortion funds \u2014 local grassroots groups that help people on the ground actually obtain abortions \u2014 are seeing funding plummet. At the same time, these funds are more stretched than ever before. Fourteen states now almost completely ban abortion, meaning more callers than ever are asking for financial support to travel long distances for access.\u201d<\/p>\n

No major shift in ‘abortion philanthropy’?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition, the pro-abortion Rewire News Group<\/a> claims, “Abortion funds had hoped to see a major shift in philanthropy post-Dobbs<\/em>, but that hasn\u2019t come to fruition.” The outlet quotes Alisha Dingus, the D.C. Abortion Fund\u2019s development director, as saying, \u201cEven when we had the increase in donations, it was still mostly small-dollar grassroots donations. We didn\u2019t see big philanthropy come to abortion funds and say, what can we do to make this process easier for abortion seekers?\u201d<\/p>\n

But this claim seems dubious. In 2023<\/a>, the Buffett Foundation granted the National Abortion Federation Hotline Fund well over $55 million. Buffett also granted over $8 million to the National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF), while the Packard Foundation granted<\/a> NNAF $600,000. In addition, the Hewlett Foundation, a long-time abortion philanthropist, has \u201cshifted\u201d its \u201cstrategy\u201d<\/a> since the end of\u00a0Roe v. Wade<\/em>\u00a0to fund abortion organizations and increase \u201caccess to medication abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Abortion Funding dwindles and media calls it the perfect storm Image Yahoo<\/p><\/div>\n

Rewire<\/a> also claimed in a headline: “Following National Funding Cuts, \u2018July Was Pure Hell\u2019 for Abortion Funds.” The outlet wrote: “With the biggest and best-funded national organizations in the space now saying they can no longer sustain the level of assistance they were providing, the abortion access movement is staring down a cliff, confronting the real possibility that large numbers of people could now be unable to obtain abortions altogether.”<\/p>\n

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Funding cuts are pushing abortion funds to the brink. Read this article by @RewireNewsGroup<\/a> to learn why your support matters now more than ever.<\/p>\n

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— Silver State Hope Fund (@silverstatehope) August 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n