A young woman from Utah found out she was pregnant over her winter break. Knowing that she would need to terminate the pregnancy, she immediately began the process to get an abortion. What she thought would be a quick and easy appointment turned into a lengthy, complicated process that would take weeks. This resulted.
The three volunteers behind the Utah Abortion Fund connect people who need abortions with the resources they need to get one whether that’s money for a procedure, money for a hotel stay or money to travel to a clinic.
The decision by Utah’s Republican governor to approve legislation that bans abortions clinics is raising concerns about how already overburdened hospitals will accommodate becoming the only place for legal abortions in the state