“'We're in the midst of an abortion funding crisis,' says Oriaku Njoku, the executive director of the National Network of Abortion Funds, which provides an online search tool for patients to find a local or regional assistance fund.
Njoku and others at these funds point to intersecting pressures: increased demand for financial assistance for abortions, additional expenses due to some patients having to travel across state lines, and a decline in donor interest.
Donor attention has turned to electoral fights The initial wave of 'rage donations' that flowed into the national and regional funds, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, has subsided.
'It's weird to see the divestment like, don’t you see the crisis anymore?' says Jenice Fountain, executive director of the Yellowhammer Fund in Alabama. 'We're absolutely, very much still in crisis, potentially even worse crisis than when the ban first happened.'”
~ Colombini and Nadworny
"It's harder to pay and travel for abortion care and support funds are struggling"
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