Reason to love New York No. 5: Because no matter where you live, New Yorkers can help you get an abortion. (And we’ll pay for it, too.) RTLNY
“Louisiana doctors, they were scared of prosecution; they were scared of being fined,” Davis says. “So I went somewhere the laws were clear and they were confident they could give me the care that I needed.”
On September 1, she ended her pregnancy at the Manhattan Planned Parenthood. “I was emotional the whole entire time, but I was treated with the utmost respect,” she says. “I don’t think I could have gone anywhere else in the world and received the treatment that they gave us.”influx of out-of-state patients
like Davis, New York providers performed 12 percent more abortions between April and August this year, according to the Society of Family Planning. Choices Women’s Medical Center in Queens estimates a 20 percent increase in nonlocal patients since 2021.
Demand from states that have banned abortion has surged, and out-of-towners now comprise nearly half of the fund’s callers. Sincethe group has helped to finance abortion seekers from 26 states, including Texas and Louisiana, and has set up a new call line specifically for those patients. It’s “consistently the busiest,” says interim executive director Chelsea Williams-Diggs.
Sarah Moeller, director of resource development at the Brigid Alliance, says residents of New York State donated 1,100 percent more this year compared with 2021. “We have never experienced the level of need that we are experiencing right now,” says Moeller. Hear that? You know what to do.. If you prefer to read in print, you can also find this article in the December 5, 2022, issue of
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