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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAdvocates help pay for travel to a shrinking number of abortion clinics in Texas
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Advocates-help-pay-for-travel-to-a-shrinking-5921864.phpAUSTIN - The young woman lived in Dallas, 650 miles from Albuquerque, but that is where she would have to go for an abortion, she was told. New state regulations had forced several of Dallas' six abortion clinics to close, creating weekslong waiting lists. By the time the woman could get in, she would be up against the Texas ban on abortions after 20 weeks' gestation.But she could not afford the trip to New Mexico.
So it was that she had left a phone message with a hotline in Austin and, on a recent evening, heard back from Lenzi Sheible, the 20-year-old founder of a fund to help low-income women pay the unexpected costs of traveling for abortions in Texas - or to states beyond. They spoke four times that night as the woman wavered about going to Albuquerque alone.
"You can always call me when you get to New Mexico; just talk to me," Sheible said. By the end of the evening, she had texted the woman confirmation numbers for a flight the next day, $680 round trip, and four nights' stay at an Albuquerque hotel, with shuttle service to the clinic.
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Sheible's fund now has a seven-member board that includes her husband, Warren Sheible. In January, the group will have its first paid staff member. In just over a year, she said, the fund received about $60,000, mostly in small amounts, and has spent about $25,000 to help 106 women statewide.
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Advocates help pay for travel to a shrinking number of abortion clinics in Texas (Original Post)
Liberal_in_LA
Nov 2014
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i want to donate but dont want to subscribe to Houston Chronicle, what is name of entity?
NoJusticeNoPeace
Nov 2014
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NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)1. i want to donate but dont want to subscribe to Houston Chronicle, what is name of entity?
found it at NYT, thanks
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)2. fund texas women
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)4. Name change to "Fund Texas Choice"
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)5. thx
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)3. link to organization for donations
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)6. off shore?
There are gambling boats, there should be outpatient medical boats too. About an hour off Galveston should do it.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)7. why? California is plenty prochoice