TO: ICWRSA members and ALL DONORS who support abortion rights internationally,
Abortion Without Borders in Poland has some very bad news. As the only organisation providing residents of Poland abortions abroad, we’ve just lost our biggest sponsor
In 2020, Poland banned the embryo-pathological premise for legal abortions. Thanks to our grassroots network, women from Poland could still access safe abortion in clinics and hospitals abroad. We’ve helped to set up procedures, pay for flight tickets and accommodation.
WE MAY NO LONGER BE ABLE TO DO THIS…
Either we raise 250 000 EUROS, or women with complicated pregnancies will be left on their own without access to safe abortions.
WHY SO MUCH?
These abortions are more difficult to organise and, above all, more expensive. They usually involve pregnancy abnormalities that are detected after the 12th week. This severely limits the options: only a few European countries are available, and when these clinics are full, we have to organise trips to Mexico (!!!).
- The cost of one such abortion ranges from 600 euros (+/- 700 US dollars) to as much as 3,000 euros (+/- 3,500 US dollars).
- Most of our beneficiaries need us to cover the entire cost of the abortion, as well as the travel and accommodation costs. Procedures, flight tickets, hotels – all of this is constantly getting more expensive.
Even though we perform work for the Polish state, we do not receive public funds. Under the Law and Justice party (PiS), we could count on grants from other organisations and European governments, but now they seem to think that the situation of women in Poland has magically changed for the better.
What happens if we don’t survive as an organisation?
Even more women with high-risk pregnancies, with complications, whom Polish doctors refuse to help, will die in Polish hospitals.
PLEASE HELP US HELP WOMEN NEEDING ABORTIONS OUTSIDE POLAND:
DONATE AND SAVE WOMEN’S LIVES!!!
AND ALSO: SUPPORT US BY SHARING THIS MESSAGE WITH YOUR SUPPORTERS AND IN YOUR COUNTRIES !!!
ONLY TOGETHER CAN WE PREVENT THIS !!!