Can we start a Safe Harbor listing for women in say Idaho and Wyoming, etc. that need our help?

[ratchiweenie]

I don't have a lot of money to give but I do have a spare room and would be willing to help someone book an appointment and take them to an appointment and give them a place to stay amd provide meals and whatever else they needed while they were here. Maybe we could start some sort of register of people who have places available. Many of the surrounding states are going to be zero abortion states very soon. Not sure how we'd do this but I'd work with whoever, administrator, other members to set something up.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. Contact your local abortion fund if you want to do this type of work. There's no reason to reinvent

the wheel. They already have systems in place for funding and helping people travel and stay to get abortions. They usually prefer hotel rooms -- no one wants to stay with some random person when getting healthcare -- but your local fund may need extra capacity.

[Effete Snob]

2. This will be a great thing for Anti-Choicers to infiltrate

There are organizations doing this.

It's not as simple as you may think.

Uncoordinated efforts by the naive will do a lot of harm.

Link to tweet

"If you’re in a state that just banned abortion, DO NOT reach out to these people who are offering to let folks stay at their place if they need an abortion."

You may find that thread and related ones interesting, if this is new to you.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

10. Excellent advice. You can be scammed on either end ...

Either the person offering help is a phony, or if you're offering help, you could be scammed/ripped off by unscrupulous (supposedly) pregnant persons.

[DBoon]

11. Inside the tweet is a reference to the National Abortion Federation

https://prochoice.org/

People who want to help should work with them and similar organizations

[Effete Snob]

12. Yes

There will, however, be scams that roll up the naive.

[onecaliberal]

3. We need people who have places for folks to stay and people who can pay to get them there.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. These are called abortion funds and they already exist. Anyone can donate to them.

[ratchiweenie]

5. Never even considered that anti-choice people would try to get their hands on these people. Will

definitely contact my local fund. Thanks.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. Wait, you wouldn't think antis wouldn't try to keep people from getting abortions?

After all the footage and coverage of antis standing outside clinics yelling at patients trying to get inside?

[ret5hd]

8. No...a person that had an idea...

on a simple way to help that he/she could afford and would be happy to do didn’t immediately think of the worst outcomes that could be exploited by those with evil intents.

In my experience this seems to occur when someone truly has good intentions. Things seem straightforward…till someone points out a major flaw.

No need to berate…just point out.

[rollin74]

6. I live in northern NV and I'd like...

to see clinics established very close to the borders with Utah and Idaho

much like casinos and weed dispensaries currently are

[CanonRay]

9. I believe there is a clinic going into Ontario, Oregon on the Idaho border

[Beaverhausen]

13. Elevated Access is recruiting pilots

Elevated access.org flew its first flight allowing an Oklahoma woman to get an abortion in Kansas City

https://elevatedaccess.org/?fbclid=IwAR2WS2NtcfHuGN-uKyr0ZJWSKdLPY4cTVXV96gOVL3bxxJGTqVzRwVWulY8&fs=e&s=cl