The City of San Francisco is poised to invest $400,000 in providing people with access to abortion in California as laws outlawing the procedure take effect across the country.
Under a tentative budget agreement approved by a Board of Supervisors committee on Tuesday, the City would back community-based organizations with $250,000 for the non-medical financial barriers pregnant people face when trying to access abortion, including travel, transportation, lost wages and food.
Ronen told The Examiner the estimated cost was infeasible to include in this year’s budget, but said The City could back an organization with the same mission. The department requested $650,000 in additional funding, but that amount was narrowed to $400,000 in budget negotiations between supervisors and the Mayor’s office.
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