The ABC Fund’s work and impact were recently highlighted in the media. Susan Rinkunas of Autonomy News wrote an exclusive piece about the current abortion landscape and how funders like ABC Fund are helping meet the most urgent needs. Inside Philanthropy also wrote a compelling feature about how ABC Fund is strengthening the post-Dobbs landscape.
Both media pieces highlight the underlying truth of the situation: America’s abortion landscape is currently unstable and under-resourced, and the work that ABC Fund does to fill gaps in the ecosystem is grounded in that reality.
The results of our Abortion Access Field Sustainability Survey conducted with ABC Fund grantee I Need an A were sobering: America’s abortion ecosystem is in deep crisis. From staff salary reductions and foregone pay to depleted reserves and rising no-show rates, the survey reveals a “hollowing out” of the national abortion ecosystem, where responding organizations remain open only through uncompensated labor and unsustainable sacrifice.
Since 2022, more than half of states in the U.S. have either severely restricted or completely banned abortion care, and the abortion access environment at large has become fraught with legal ambiguity, burnout, and dwindling resources. Many providers have been forced to crowdfund for individual patients, pause services, reduce hotline availability, or even close for extended periods of time.
These are the funding gaps ABC Fund was designed to face head-on. As we reflect on another year of our work—with the backdrop of rising authoritarianism, the midterm elections, and looming cuts that will severely harm healthcare services across the country—ABC Fund remains committed to resourcing those on the front lines.
In a post-Dobbs world where critical healthcare has been outlawed, banned, and restricted nationwide, we cannot abandon the clinics, patients, and providers on the frontlines. We’ll continue leading and resourcing movements as if lives depended on it— because they do.