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Restore the State Abortion Fund!
Reproductive freedom is a right, not a privilege. Women’s constitutionally recognized right to choose should not be contingent on income level.
Sign our petition below in support of the State Abortion Fund! We will gather and deliver thousands of signatures to NC elected officials at the beginning of the 2005 legislative session.
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Subject: Restore the State Abortion Fund!
Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,
As a taxpayer in North Carolina, I support the use of state funds to ensure reproductive freedom for low-income women. Eligibility for the State Abortion Fund should be based solely on income.
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Campaign Launched:
August 03, 2004
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The state of North Carolina affirmed reproductive freedom for low-income women with the creation of the State Abortion Fund in 1978. This Fund ensures that all women, regardless economic status, can exercise the right to make personal, private childbearing decisions.
However, no woman has been able to access the State Abortion Fund since 1996 because of restrictive eligibility requirements. In order to access the Fund, women must live below the federal poverty level, but not qualify for Medicaid. This essentially excludes almost all low-income women.
The state of North Carolina rightly provides pre-natal coverage to women who live at up to 185% of the federal poverty level. An accessible State Abortion Fund, as well as state-funded pre-natal care, ensures that low-income women have the same ability to make reproductive health decisions for themselves and their families as do women with higher income and greater means.
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