National Network of Abortion Funds

Abortion became legal in every state in 1973, but in 1976 Congress passed the Hyde Amendment, banning federal Medicaid funds that allowed poor women to obtain safe, legal abortions. Thirty-three states followed suit, banning state Medicaid funding for abortion. Today, up to one in three poor women who needs an abortion is forced to continue an unwanted pregnancy, because she cannot afford the cost of an abortion.

The National Network of Abortion Funds and its member Funds believe that every woman has the right to determine whether and when she will become a mother. The right to choose abortion is a basic human right. The legal right is an empty promise without access to services and economic justice.

We work to increase access to abortion and full reproductive health care for all women, especially for women most in need -- low-income women, women of color, and young women.

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