A critical lifeline for abortion access is fraying ― and few people appear to be paying attention.
Several leaders of abortion funds around the country convened a call with reporters this month to relay a stark warning ahead of the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Supreme Court decision that repealed federal abortion protections.
“I’m generally not someone to catastrophize the situation, but the reality is that we’ve come together today in crisis,” Oriaku Njoku, executive director of the National Network of Abortion Funds, said on the call. “Abortion funds are finding ways to make reproductive justice a reality in spite of us being in a state of emergency.”