Those on the ground, providing and funding abortion services, now have to navigate a murky legal landscape, which makes their work much more difficult in a vast swath of America.
and skyrocketing travel costs for those who want abortions. The Brigid Alliance saw a 900% increase in demand for financial assistance, says Odile Schalit, the organization's executive director.,"We are expecting an even more significant surge," Schalit says. The Brigid Alliance, like other organizations, has benefited from a groundswell of charitable donations since thedecision was leaked and then published.
"Abortion providers in blue states are doing whatever they can to hire more abortion providers, to expand their clinics, and start new clinics," Schalit says."But we will need more abortion providers."world, funding interstate abortion travel and building up an abortion infrastructure in blue states to facilitate it is"going to be one of the critical ways that we support abortion access," Schalit says.
Even if companies or abortion funds provide the money to enable people to cross state lines for abortion access, however, legal questions remain open."States may not be able to stop people from traveling, but what happens when someone comes home?" Smith says.
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