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If your local abortion fund doesn’t cover practical support, ask for a reference and it can point you to a group that can help. You can also contact organizations like MAC or the Brigid Alliance. Staffed by trained experts, these groups will help book your transportation and lodging and arrange other needs, including child care and rideshares.
Apiary for Practical Support, a technical assistance and resource hub for practical support organizations, is working with NNAF and ineedana.com to create a holistic directory of resources and information about all of the funds and organizations, and a unified back end will allow abortion funds and practical-support workers to keep track of client requests. Apiary’s Marisa Falcon acknowledges the race against the clock. “We’re trying to get as much of it done before June as possible.
For as many people as are seeking help, there are many thousands of self-described “aunties” and “uncles” offering rides, child care, and even their homes to people forced to travel for abortion care. There are rules: The sub-Reddit forbids abortion seekers from “outright asking for money,” instead suggesting they be specific about what they need.