What Women Do When They Can't Afford an Abortion
By restricting Medicaid coverage, the Hyde Amendment forces low-income women who need an abortion to find a way to come up with money that they just don't have.
by Gabby Bess
Oct 19 2016
When Ariana Menefee found out that she was pregnant seven years ago, she knew immediately that she needed an abortion. "My pregnancy was a surprise. I had no intention of having children at the time," she told me over the phone from her home in Bedford Heights, Ohio.
At that point, she was homeless and putting herself through college; in addition, the person who got her pregnant was, in so many words, not someone with whom she wanted to parent. She was in the process of getting her life back on track—carrying a pregnancy for nine months, giving birth, and then taking care of a baby was not something she could reasonably do while she was living in a shelter, working toward her degree, and already raising two kids. Her decision was easy.
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