Recently, the DC Abortion Fund (DCAF) has cut services because of budget cuts at Planned Parenthood and the National Abortion Federation, making travel and care costs more expensive. As DCAF development director Alisha Dingus noted, “Everyone is out of money. And there’s really nothing left for people to do… That’s the really tough reality that we’ve been trying not to talk about because we’ve been trying to be that resilience movement, where we will get people the care they need no matter what. But there’s always a limitation when the dollars run out.”

According to Washington City Paper:

DCAF is now only providing funding for patients who have appointments at clinics in the D.C. metro area. “I think it impacts people who are traveling here the most,” says Dingus. “At the end of the day, when we have to make hard decisions, we are the DC Abortion Fund.”

DCAF is scaling back its service line and intake form hours from Monday through Friday to Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It’s also extending its callback time from 24 to 48 hours; this is the second time this year that the fund cut its hours due to budget constraints. Some abortion funds throughout the country were forced to temporarily shut down services due to budget constraints, according to Dingus.

DCAF plays a vital role for a lot of women from the South, since D.C. is a major transportation hub, making it less expensive to come here for women from states where abortion is de facto illegal or virtually impossible to access. If you can afford it, please kick in here.