Community Abortion Information and Referral (CAIR) gives women money that they put towards getting their abortions. They only pays part of the abortion cost. These are the things that the author of this article says she tells women who cannot afford their abortions.
“I had to ask women who weren’t as far along if they could delay their procedure another week or two. I counseled one woman to put a $3,000 procedure on her credit card–even though she was unemployed and had no way of making payments…One woman got a payday loan at a 322 percent annual interest rate. I had to ask women if they had any valuables they could sell to the pawnshop, or if it was possible to put off paying some bills for the month.”
Leela Yellesetty Abortion rights and the ballot box , Socialist worker December 13, 2012
Advising women to drive themselves into poverty in order to avoid giving birth to an unwanted child (who could always be given up for adoption) does not truly help them.
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