New York City Paying for Some Abortions



I've said for years that if abortions are not available in some states there is a solution. It is for people in states where abortion is available to pay for transportation and abortion services. That is now starting in a small way in New York City. NYC has set aside $250,000 to help women from outside the city obtain abortions.

Most every clinic receives donations to help low income women obtain abortions. Elaine and I have donated to such a fund several times ourselves.

To make the New York City model work in a state like Alabama it would take substantially more money than $250,000. There are states adjoining Alabama where abortions are legal. the entire idea seems doable.

Not only would patients need to be transported out of state but medicines for medically induced abortions might need to be transported in. If ever there was a recipe for going around the law or breaking the law with unlikely consequences abortion medicines are the candidate. Whiskey was heavy and visible but it traveled far and wide during prohibition.

With today's social media it is far less expensive to publicize a program like this than it was during pre Roe days. Even so, abortions were performed by many doctors illegally at the time.

What is remarkable about New York City's bold initiative is the disregard for Catholic clergy. There must be about three million Catholics in the five boroughs. Add to that some millions of conservative Protestants. If they were a voting block such an idea would never see the light of day. Politicians believe there is no price to pay for this action.

Some new and interesting twists are coming in the battle for women to control their careers and lives.

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  1. JinxJune 17, 2019 at 7:49 PM

    Good for New York, at least they have compassion for poor women in tough situations. Access to birth control would cut the abortion rate more than any other intervention, so lets do it.

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