This week, 33 abortion funds around the country will receive $50,000 from the Debt Collective, a union of debtors best known for its actions around student loans. The money is part of the Debt Collective’s Rolling Jubilee Fund, a project of canceling debt in almost all fields of American life, whether it be medical debt, probation debt, or student loan debt.
Abortion debt didn’t become a widespread phenomenon until after the Dobbs ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, Astra Taylor of the Debt Collective told me. As states’ policies on abortion diverged dramatically, pregnant people in red states where the practice was banned were forced to cross state lines for abortion care. The travel often costs thousands of dollars,…
