She wore it to a fancy event — but during the event, she lost it! She was devastated. She took out a loan to replace the necklace and gave it to the acquaintance — without even telling her what happened! The woman worked for ten years to repay the loan. Afterward, the woman ran into the rich acquaintance and finally told her what happened. The rich acquaintance was shocked. The woman paid for the necklace she thought she had — not the necklace she actually had. What does this have to do with abortion?
Not knowing is costly! Get complete information so you can make a wise choice for yourself and your wallet. Call us today at to schedule your free appointment. Lots of people lean on others to help them with their pregnancy decision. What now? In some circumstances people can access superannuation early on compassionate grounds for medical treatment. See the following link for eligibility and application process:.
Direct price negotiation with termination provider. Only a smally number of providers of No Interest Loans offer loans for medical purposes; additionally, timeframes for organisational decision-making often rule this out as an option, unless the client presents early in pregnancy and can afford to wait a couple of weeks to receive funds.
Check nearby NILS providers on the program's website. The Queensland Health website provides the following information:. These hospitals are responsible for all aspects of patient travel, and inquiries regarding the subsidy should be directed to these facilities.
More information and application forms are available from the PTSS website. If the client is from another Australian state it may be cheaper for her to travel home for the procedure. This is particularly the case for New South Wales; if the client has family or friends she can stay with close to a clinic there is often a significant cost saving to be made, even after flights are paid for. Victim Assist is a Queensland Government program that provides financial assistance to victims of violent crime to get their lives back on track.
The legislation that underpins Victim Assist identifies pregnancy as an injury that can result from the violent crime of rape. More information in available on their website including the prescribed medical certificate and application forms.
If you are outside Queensland, check with your state government as most jurisdictions have similar schemes available to assist victims of violent crime. Other organisations working in your community or area of expertise may also have funds available to support clients even if the client is not already accessing support from that organisation.
Contact us if you would like any further information on any of these strategies. How does the Children by Choice financial assistance program operate?
We can also help with: In-depth counselling for your clients if they want or need it. Information for you or your service on possible avenues to explore for extra client support. More information on any of the strategies listed below. Contact us if you would like any further information.
Sourcing other forms of assistance Below are some of the avenues Children by Choice may explore with clients or workers when seeking to facilitate access to abortion services. Direct client support The strategies that follow can be explored by either the client herself or a worker on behalf of a client. Issues to be aware of: Clients may be reluctant to ask for assistance because of fears they may be judged. Privacy concerns are also big for some women: if they tell one member of the family, will everyone find out etc.
Young women may be particularly concerned about parental reaction to the pregnancy or to finding out about sexual activity. This is not always an option for client assistance, particularly in cases of DV or sexual assault and often the offer of money from the man can be withdrawn at the last moment as a practice of manipulation and control.
Many women who contact us are largely only connected to others on low incomes. Reschedule payments on rent or other bills Most utilities companies are willing to organise payment plans for bills if approached before it is overdue.
Issues to be aware of: The Home Energy Emegency Assistance Scheme may be able to provide for further financial assistance in the aftermath of the termination costs. Your decision is yours. You can be anything. Whatever choice you need to make for your life, your body, your circumstance, your family are yours, and no one should control that. A study of women seeking abortion care at 30 clinics across the US found that, for more than half, out-of-pocket costs were more than one-third of their monthly paycheck.
For Nikki Johnson, that meant she needed to dedicate extra hours to her side job. Johnson had received custody of her sister's kids when she was 25 years old and, overnight, she became a single mother of three. She then got pregnant and had her son, but before her son had turned one, she was pregnant again. I was taking birth control pills, but having four kids, a little baby, I couldn't remember to take it at the same time every day," she explained.
I would lose my mind. Literally," she said. I do hair on the side… and I did a hair special so I could get some more clients in real quick. The financial barrier is often just one of the hurdles women face: Numerous states have passed medically unnecessary restrictions with the intent of limiting women's abortion access.
Ohio's hour waiting period law , for instance, requires women to make two separate trips to the clinic—which means they must take multiple days off work or school and secure transportation or lodging. Laws that restrict abortion do nothing but add stress.
Another woman I spoke to, Alice Jackson, put the hour-waiting period this way: "It's almost like, 'Oh man I'm going to eat some ice cream,' and then when you go to get the ice cream they tell you, 'You can't get it the flavor you want today. You have to come back. For Jackson, having an abortion was a profound experience, and she's now a passionate advocate for women's rights.
Who knew my abortion would help me not be afraid to speak my mind? The ugly truth is that anti-abortion crusaders—who are mostly white men—are determined to bring these women down. They employ tactics directed at black and poor women , as if legislation like the Hyde Amendment doesn't already provide enough of a distressing obstacle.
They stand outside of clinics and hand out pamphlets that say abortion is killing black children and that "the most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb. Now that Johnson works with New Voices, she's fighting back against this misinformation: "A lot of our work is to eliminate abortion stigma and these restrictions that they're putting on abortion just to make it more difficult. These restrictions don't help women," she said. They make it seem like you go back there and you're at a butcher shop and they're going to chop your baby up and put it in a bag next to you, which is really ridiculous," she said.
These woman are resilient, but they shouldn't have to be up against so much; they deserve reproductive justice.
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