Nearly 100 Grassroots Abortion Funds Face Rising Post-Roe Need

  • Small local funds help cover abortions, travel, lodging
  • Donations spike in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling

Abortion rights demonstrators chant outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 25.

Photographer: Eric Lee/Bloomberg
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The brand-new REACH fund of Connecticut launched its first fundraising campaign last week. Its goal was modest, $50,000, but its timing proved prescient.

The new abortion fund — its acronym stands for Reproductive Equity, Access & Choice — joined a growing list of nearly 100 such abortion aid groups around the country, just as the Supreme Court was about to issue a ruling expected to magnify the need for them.