The National Abortion Federation has imposed rules that many providers say are burdensome for patients and legally unnecessary.
, NAF chief operating officer Veronica Jones acknowledged that the Supreme Court decision had changed the abortion landscape. “Failing to incorporate this new reality into our decision-making would put our entire operation at risk, ultimately leaving hundreds of thousands without access to care,” she said, adding that the NAF helped 3,000 people access abortion in the weeks since the Supreme Court ruling.
With abortion now banned or mostly banned in 15 states, organizations like the NAF that offer abortion funding play an even more important role in helping patients access care. To get a legal abortion, some patients in antiabortion states have to raise money to travel — sometimes hundreds of miles — in addition to the price of the procedure itself, which costs an average of $500 in the first trimester.
Kansas, where abortion remains legal up to 22 weeks of pregnancy. “The poorest and most disenfranchised patients will need to arrange even more child care, time off work and change their story of what is going on.” , prevented legal challenges that could have led to an injunction and allowed abortions to continue as normal.When she heard about the new policies, Michigan abortion provider Renee Chelian wasn’t surprised: A few weeks after the Supreme Court decision, her clinics started requiring patients to take both pills before leaving the state. Chelian and her staff drafted a form for patients to sign, promising to start and finish their medication abortion in Michigan.
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