Abortion funds that help people cover the costs of getting the procedure are struggling with money as the waves of donations that followed the end of Roe v. Wade have begun to dry up.
It’s led some of the independent organizations — which help cover expenses for abortions and associated costs, such as transportation, child care, and lodging — to scale back or even pause operations.
After the Dobbs decision in June 2022, many funds received large donations from Americans outraged at seeing the right to an abortion stripped away.
The National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF), which comprises 100 funds across the country, said its members disbursed close to $37 million to about 103,000 people from July 1, 2022, to June 30. That was an 88 percent increase in spending compared to the year before.
People giving money were so angry at the time that the gifts were described as “rage” donations.
But as the issue has faded from headlines, donations have too, even as demand for help and the costs for helping individual people have skyrocketed.
This is a favorite GOP tactic.
Once they get elected, they ban something, or create a law they know is going to be challenged. They know that the Left is going to fight them, but since the GOP are the office holders they can count on the taxpayers to fund the fight. Meanwhile the Left is forced to spend money on numerous causes. Either the Left goes broke, or Dem candidates get shorted.
They learned to (ab)use the system against their enemies
This is why so many of the things they rage about are so petty. ‘War On Christmas’ is a great example. When we talk about that, we aren’t talking about things that matter.
Tan suit, anyone?
Using the wrong mustard is a pearl clutching offense!
This is a typical strategy by conservatives in UK, US, Canada… force unpopular legislation through early in the term so that people are fatigued or forget about the issue by the time the next election rolls around.