A low-income woman is more likely to have delays of three weeks or longer to get the abortion care she needs.  During those weeks, she may be on the phone trying to find a provider and arranging for an appointment.  She might be struggling take time off work, make arrangements for her children, and scrape together the cost of care. As time ticks by, her efforts may be further complicated by gaps in her knowledge of pregnancy and abortion services, as well as language barriers for immigrant women and other non-English speakers.  As weeks pass, abortion services move further out of reach, as care becomes more expensive and procedures become more difficult to find.

What if frontline clinicians like nurses could give these women better information and referrals?  What if both clinicians and low-income women received the support they need to give and receive the most timely and appropriate care possible?

The Low Income Access and Referrals Initiative acts on the belief that many of obstacles faced by low-income women can be removed by working with healthcare providers to provide abortion services and information in a readily accessible context.  Our goal is to improve the information, referrals and services low-income women receive and to give healthcare workers the tools to better address women's needs.  This project pays special attention to the needs of immigrant women and others who are self-inducing abortion .