under an HRC administration...yay for that

http://www.fundabortionnow.org/

Because the right to abortion is meaningless if you can't afford one.

That said, I've personally funded 2 abortions for people I know that couldn't afford them. I'm lucky I never got pregnant - tried very hard not to since I was very active in my 20's and 30's. I was always glad it was there as an option just in case and I want it there for my nieces and now great nieces.

I'd hope that you would take the time to examine it and then delete your post.

Right now I can't tell, and I really doubt it. A quick check still doesn't convince me. It looks like something Rove would pull. I suggest you donate to Planned Parenthood.

They are the umbrella group for many, many local organizations.

We donate (locally) to: http://arfwm.org/ and http://emafund.org/
They are registered as 501(c)3 tax-deductible organizations.

We've given to them (as well as PP) for years. They do good work.

This is a legit organization that has been around for more than 20 years and works hard to help low-income girls and women get access to abortions.

PP is an awesome organization and does amazing work, but they can't do everything and be everywhere. It is important to have other organizations providing support. Economic disparity is a major problem for access to all kinds of healthcare including (and in some ways, especially - eg the Hyde amendment) abortions. It isn't an either/or, and the National Network of Abortion Funds is doing things that are beyond the scope of PP and contribute to the big picture of making abortion more accessible to women.

It is a little disturbing how readily you try to disparage them when you admittedly know nothing about them.

it looked like out of the Onion. And, I fully support abortion.

I did do a google on them. I'm hoping they're legit because you guys seem to be speaking for them. If they are, good. I guess my issue is I'm a bit old and have seen enough that I would still be wary.

I used to post on the MS boards - a very feminist site, for years when it existed. You'd have thought we would have heard of this group. Maybe this group didn't really take off until the last 10 years. Still, I would be cautious. Their site looks exactly like the kind of thing we would look at, correctly sniff out, and expose. I stopped my search of them because it lead right to virus possibilities if I clicked further.

I've got to make a ubunto vm so I can correctly examine them. No time right but 100 percent chance I will.

You say it looks like it is out of the Onion. You've said it looks like a Rovian right wing operation to fleece lefties. And you won't back down despite the evidence.

If you googled them, you'd see what I see - dozens of links showing their legitimacy from Guidestar reports to interviews with their director to partnerships with other reproductive health groups to individual testimonies about how they helped them or their family members.

I've taken the trouble to go to the Planned Parenthood site and do a search for the National Network of Abortion Funds and found dozens of links - because they work TOGETHER on initiatives all over the country to help girls and women afford abortions and to support legislation that makes abortion more accessible to all women. The NNAF is a network of many groups around the country that raise money to help poor women get abortions.

Here is one example of how they work together with PP:

Would PP work directly with this group if it was so shady?

I don't grasp why you are so gung ho about continuing to disparage this organization while claiming you aren't doing so. I don't understand why you think there must be satire or dirty tricks. Do you not think poor people should have access to abortion? Does it make you uncomfortable to recognize the economic disparity among women that makes accessing abortion even more difficult? I can't figure it out. But every time you say something about how Rovian or Onion-esque they are or the 'virus possibilities' you risk by looking into them I will counter it with more facts because the last thing someone seeking help with abortions needs to see when they google for resources is your false implications.

I'm glad I've been around long enough to be wary. I doubt you have any connection to these groups, but I tell ya, if they'd shown up on a truly feminist board they would be throughly examined and so would you to see if you were directly connected to them, because you aren't only defending them you are going after anyone who questions them. Just saying. Critical thinking - don't believe everything you read just because there are links and they got into the good graces of some places. It wouldn't be the first time a subversive group did. That said, I'll check them out further when I get a decent vm going so my on computer doesn't catch viruses. You know when I hear about something in the news, I don't jump on one side, act like I know about someone or a group or even an organization I don't deal with personally and start defending them against scrutiny. I'll check them out. No need to get defensive. I mean, I'm no one.

You've taken it to a personal level. I'm not 'going after anyone who questions them'. I am showing you evidence that they are legit including links to Planned Parenthood, an organization you say you trust. Rather than taking that information at face value you are questioning my integrity without a single acknowledgement of the information I've provided. That's just rude. There's a difference between a healthy skepticism and what you are doing.

I won't take any more time to change your mind about NNAF. I also won't bother to explain any credentials or involvement I have with this or other reproductive rights groups or as a feminist. I am assuming you think I am young and male based on my username. I will clarify that - I am a female, and I ain't no spring chicken. Your condescension and your unwillingness to back down on your initial impression of NNAF (which you still won't explain...Rove? The Onion? Why....?) despite multiple people explaining who they are and what they do makes it clear that you don't want to have an honest productive conversation. All I can do is speculate on your motives, and I don't want to play that game, so I am outta here.

You are the first person I've heard from who has questioned the motives of NNAF. It should be obvious to you (and anyone else) that they do what they say -- they provide financial grants and other resources to assist women who want an abortion but don't have the means. Plain and simple.

http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/6713/p/dia/action3/common/public/

Ask Your Representative to Support the EACH Woman Act

EACH Woman Act makes a meaningful change for women and their families, creating two important standards for reproductive health.

First, the EACH Woman Act respects that everyone should be able to make their own decisions about pregnancy. If a person gets their care or insurance through the federal government, they will be covered for all pregnancy-related care, including abortion.

Second, the EACH Woman Act prohibits political interference with decisions of private health insurance companies to offer coverage for abortion care. Federal, state, and local legislators will not be able to interfere with the private insurance market to prevent insurance companies from providing abortion coverage.

Tell your Representative that you support the EACH Woman Act. If your Congressperson is included in this list of current co-sponsors, please make sure to thank them for their brave and bold support on this groundbreaking bill.

I would be supporting the EACH Woman Act.

Here's another, I know they're 100% legitimate because a friend worked for them for years: http://www.chicagoabortionfund.com/

And another that focuses on helping women in Texas who are impacted by clinic closures and TRAP laws who need to travel out of state to obtain an abortion: http://fundtexaschoice.org/ I know this is a perfectly legitimate organization because I've heard about their work through RH Reality Check.

Planned Parenthood isn't a replacement for abortion funds because 1. not all women needing an abortion will be going to a Planned Parenthood clinic, either because the clinic available to them is independent or 2. some women's specific medical needs will need to be met by other care providers, particularly because women seeking help from abortion funds are often needing second trimester abortions that not all clinics offer.

Fortunately in California we don't have such a massive need for an abortion fund because Medi-Cal (our version of Medicaid) covers abortion for any woman whose income qualifies, and pregnancy considerably loosens the income qualifications and allows women to qualify on an emergency basis. We also have a one page form to qualify for free birth control and STI services through a state program, Family PACT, that one can do at many doctor's offices and clinics.

Perhaps it would be easier for you to take a look at these three organizations that are local to you (and all part of NNAF):

http://www.cedarriverclinics.org/
http://www.prochoicewashington.org/about-us/pregnant-need-help.shtml
https://cairproject.org/funding/

I trivially found all three of these from this page:

http://www.fundabortionnow.org/get-help

As I originally requested, please examine these sites and then consider deleting your posts questioning the validity of NNAF.

Let's be clear. I'm all for what these groups are doing. It's just leariness to trust the groups. Cool there's some in Seattle to check out.

The fact that they will be required to find a doctor who has hospital privileges is still bullshit. Any doctor who steps up to help is automatically going to be harassed and likely to lose his/her privileges. Call me skeptical, but the playbook for the anti-choice side is easy to figure out.

woman-hating gestational slavers just will not stop.