Without access to safe, legal abortion,
"choice" is meaningless.
Women's Medical Fund provides direct financial assistance and other support to low-income women and girls in Southeastern Pennsylvania who wish to terminate a pregnancy but cannot afford a safe, legal abortion.
In addition to supplying direct aid to low-income women, WMF educates health care professionals about the use of Medicaid to fund abortion, and raises public awareness of the devastating impact of denying access to safe legal abortions.
Real Women, Real Stories
PT is the young mother of a toddler who receives $158 per month in welfare to supplement her monthly wages of $140. Unable to afford her own place, she pays $150 each month to rent a room from a friend. Although she uses Medicaid for her other health care needs, she is prohibited from using it for an abortion. She struggled to set aside $200 toward the cost of her abortion, but her drug-addicted sister stole the money from her purse. After the theft, she turned to her mother and friends to borrow money, and WMF closed the gap with a $96.To read more stories, click here
Thanks to all who went balls out to help us raise more than $42,000 for abortion access in our 4th annual Bowl-a-thon!
Check out this recent media coverage:
Click here to see WMF in the news.
Click here to read about the Board of Health Resolution.
Click here for Gosnell coverage.
Upcoming Events:
Click here to sponsor, purchase tickets or learn more about the 18th Annual Spring Reception, honoring Rita Rosen Poley, on Wednesday, May 22, 2013
