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ANNUAL REPORT
NEW YORK
ABORTION
ACCESS
FUND
2
A MESSAGE FROM OUR CO-CHAlRS !! #
NYAAF HlSTORY & MlSSlON !! $
ABORTlON ACCESS LANDSCAFE !! %
WHO NYAAF SERVES !! &
NYAFF lNTAKE FROCESS !! '(
EVENTS & FUNDRAlSlNG !! ')
FlNANClAL OVERVlEW !! '#
MEDlA & SOClAL MEDlA !! '$
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS !! '*
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3
)('$ wos on exclflng yeor lor fhe New York Aborflon Access Fund
(NYAAF). Thonks fo our commlffed volunfeers, generous supporfers
ond dedlcofed Boord ol Dlrecfors, we were oble fo occompllsh so
much, whlch we ore so exclfed fo fell you obouf.
ln fhls reporf, you wlll leorn obouf NYAAF's ocflvlfles lor lscol yeor 2014,
doflng lrom July 1, 2013 fo June 30, 2014. You wlll see fhof we pledged
$13,401 on beholl ol 374 cllenfs llvlng ln or comlng fo New York Sfofe,
fo help fhem occess fhe oborflon servlces fhey needed ond were unoble
fo ollord on fhelr own. We olso rolsed over $50,000 on beholl ol our
colleogue lunds ln Texos ln o solldorlfy lundrolser, fo help fhem oddress
fhe lncreosed need lor osslsfonce broughf on by o leglsloflve onsloughf
deslgned fo moke oborflon lnoccesslble ln fhof sfofe.
Af NYAAF, we foke greof prlde ln belng oble fo refurn every coll fhof
comes ln fo our helpllne ond oller people lnonclol osslsfonce os well os
connecflons fo ofher resources. However, os you'll see ln our dofo ond
fhroughouf fhe reporf, fhe demond lor our servlces lncreoses wlfh eoch
posslng yeor. ln order fo meef fhls growlng need, we emborked on fwo
ol fhe blggesf pro|ecfs ln NYAAF's hlsfory. ln Moy ol 2014, we begon
o sfrofeglc plonnlng process fo corelully exomlne our orgonlzoflonol
sfrucfure ond heolfh ond fo ensure fhof we ore poslflonlng ourselves
lor shorf ond long-ferm success. We hlred on occompllshed consulfonf
fo foke us fhrough fhls process ond we connof wolf fo shore fhe resulfs
wlfh you foword fhe end ol 2014.
Also ln Moy, we lounched our new lnfoke progrom wlfh o group ol 17
volunfeer cose monogers. Expondlng our pool ol lnfoke cose monogers
fo lnclude hlghly-frolned volunfeers hos mode our lnfoke model
more susfolnoble whlle olso creoflng on opporfunlfy lor new people
fo be lnvolved ln fhe dlrecf servlce ospecf ol our work ond provldlng
beffer servlces lor our gronfees. You wlll heor dlrecfly lrom some ol
our volunfeer cose monogers ln speclol secflons ol fhls reporf flfled
"volces ol NYAAF," ond we're sure you wlll be os blown owoy by fhelr
commlfmenf fo oborflon occess os we ore.
Becouse ol your supporf we ore oble fo grow eoch yeor ond conflnue
fo provlde o vlfol servlce whlch so mony depend on. Cn beholl ol fhe
Boord ol Dlrecfors, our omozlng volunfeers, ond fhe 400- people who
colled our hofllne fhls yeor, fhonk you lor porfnerlng wlfh us fo moke
sure fhof oborflon ls sole, legol, occesslble ond lunded.
Slncerely,
Moureen Sfufzmon, Boord Co-Cholr
Allson Turkos, Boord Co-Cholr
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Co-Chair
Volunteer Coordinator
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Co-Chair
Clinic Liaison
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Fund (NYAAF) wos lormed ln
1 by o group ol Bornord
College sfudenfs. volunfeerlng
os cllnlc escorfs, our loundlng
members wlfnessed o poflenf
belng furned owoy lrom o New
York Clfy oborflon cllnlc becouse
fhey could nof lully ollord fhelr procedure. And so, ln con|uncflon
wlfh fhe Bornord College ond Columblo nlverslfy Sfudenfs lor
Cholce group, fhey soughf fo esfobllsh o locol oborflon lund. Alfer
fwo yeors ol grossroofs lundrolslng, plonnlng ond ocqulslflon ol
501(c)(3) non-prolf sfofus, NYAAF mode lfs lrsf gronf fo o cllnlc lor
oborflon servlces ln 2001.
NYAAF hos grown conslderobly slnce lfs eorly doys ol lundlng |usf
fhree cllnlcs ln NYC. We now lund over 30 cllnlcs ocross New York
Sfofe, ond fhe number ol gronfees served conflnues fo grow eoch
lscol yeor. NYAAF sfrlves fo serve oll communlfles, ond hos held
lundrolsers ond porflclpofed ln press ond educoflonol evenfs fo
show fhof oborflon lunds exlsf ond ore here fo help.
Cne elemenf fhof remolns consfonf ln NYAAF's hlsfory ls fhe
dedlcoflon ol lfs oll-volunfeer Boord ol Dlrecfors. ln 2014, NYAAF's
mlsslon wos supporfed fhrough fhe work ol 12 boord members,
eoch recrulfed lor fhelr unlque skllls (lundrolslng, lnonclol llferocy,
non-prolf monogemenf ond much more), whlch were used fo grow
NYAAF's copoclfy ond furn NYAAF lnfo whof lf ls fodoy.
ln lfs fhlrfeenfh yeor ol lundlng, NYAAF remolns frue fo lfs volues.
NYAAF belleves fhof every person should be oble fo defermlne fhelr
own reproducflve desflny ond hove occess fo fhe resources, rlghfs,
ond respecf fo do so. Thls yeor, NYAAF worked foword o gender-
lncluslve lromework: we hove odopfed gender-lncluslve longuoge
(ovoldlng blnory pronouns) ouf ol fhe undersfondlng fhof nof oll
fhose who seek oborflon servlces ldenflly os women. NYAAF's move
foword gender-lncluslvlfy sfems lrom fhe recognlflon fhof sysfems
ol oppresslon, lncludlng roclsm, sexlsm, closslsm, homophoblo,
fronsphoblo ond ofhers confrlbufe fo sysfemlc ln|usflces ln fhe
heolfhcore sysfem. NYAAF ls commlffed fo recognlzlng ond
oddresslng fhese borrlers fo fhe besf ol our oblllfy.
30
374
FORMED IN
1999
OVER
CLINICS
PATIENTS SERVED
FY2014
FUNDED
5
0E fhe noflonol level, reproducflve rlghfs ore
chollenged regulorly, ond more vehemenfly fhon
ever belore. Whlle Roe v. Wode remolns fhe low
ol fhe lond, lndlvlduol sfofes ore chlpplng owoy
of reproducflve rlghfs moklng oborflon ellecflvely
lnoccesslble ln mony ploces. Lucklly, New York
Sfofe does nof resfrlcf occess fo oborflon ln fhe
woys fhof mony ofher sfofes hove fhere ls no
mondofory wolflng perlod, no mondofory porenfol
consenf lor mlnors, ond no llmlfoflon on publlcly
lunded oborflons. Aborflons moy be perlormed ln
New York up fo 24 weeks ol pregnoncy.
Becouse ol fhls, New York ls o hoven lor people
who come lrom oround fhe counfry seeklng
oborflon servlces, 31 percenf ol fhe people
NYAAF served fhls yeor come fo New York lor on
oborflon lrom onofher sfofe, olfen lrom ploces
where oborflon servlces ore becomlng lncreoslngly
dlllculf fo occess.
nlorfunofely, legol borrlers ore nof fhe only
resfrlcflve lorces confrolllng reproducflve heolfh core. Even lor New Yorkers, oborflons con be hord
fo come by lnonclol ond physlcol borrlers exlsf lor so mony ol our collers. For exomple, os ol 2011,
45 percenf ol counfles ln New York Sfofe were wlfhouf o slngle oborflon provlder, occordlng fo fhe
Guffmocher lnsflfufe. The 8 percenf ol New Yorkers who llve ln fhese counfles musf frovel of leosf some
dlsfonce lor fhe servlces fhey need.
Cnce o poflenf ls oble fo reoch o cllnlc, fhey ore loced wlfh fhe undenloble locf fhof oborflon ls o cosfly
procedure. Af less fhon 13 weeks gesfoflon, fhe overoge cosf ol on oborflon ls $425, buf con cosf up
fo $3,00 of 24 weeks gesfoflon ond more fhon $10,000 ln exfreme clrcumsfonces. These rlslng cosfs,
coupled wlfh fough economlc flmes, frovel cosfs lor ouf-ol-sfofe collers, ond oddlflonol lees lor lob
work, meon fhof mony people lock fhe lnonclol resources fo poy lor on oborflon ouf ol pockef.
Mony ol our gronfees moke |usf o flny blf foo much fo quollly lor publlc heolfh lnsuronce. Even when
poflenfs hove lnsuronce, fhey moy sflll be unoble fo occess on oborflon. Mony prlvofe ond employer-
bosed lnsuronce plons do nof cover oborflon, ond even ll oborflon ls covered, mony plons lnclude
prohlblflvely hlgh deducflbles whlch musf be mef belore fhe poflenf con occess coveroge. Moreover,
fhe Hyde Amendmenf bors fhe use ol lederol lunds fo poy lor oborflon excepf ln coses ol rope, lncesf,
or "fhreof fo fhe llle ol fhe womon," meonlng fhof reclplenfs ol Trlcore, fhe S mlllfory heolfh lnsuronce
plon provlded fo ocflve dufy, guord, reserves, reflred members ond fhelr lomllles, ore nof covered
lor oborflon.
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47%
OF NEW YORK COUNTIES
AN ABORTION CLINIC
LACK
Becouse fhe Hyde Amendmenf prevenfs lederol dollors lrom lundlng oborflon, lndlvlduol sfofes musf
choose fo provlde sfofe lundlng fo subsldlze fhelr Medlcold progrom's coveroge ol oborflon. New York
ls one ol only 17 sfofes where fhe sfofe Medlcold progrom does cover oborflon lor ellglble poflenfs.
Losf yeor, New York olso exponded Medlcold under fhe Allordoble Core Acf. Due fo fhls exponslon,
mony more people become ellglble lor coveroge ond we spenf more flme fhon ever connecflng our
collers wlfh Medlcold enrollers or fhe New York Sfofe Heolfh Exchonge. However, even ln New York,
NYAAF sflll heors lrom hundreds ol lndlvlduols who do nof quollly lor Medlcold or who mlghf quollly
buf hove dlllculfy enrolllng ln o flmely monner.
Even ll o person ls oble fo rolse enough lunds fo ollord on oborflon, lf moy be dlllculf fo locofe o cllnlc
fo perlorm fhe procedure. ln locf, neorly 0 percenf ol people who experlenced o deloy ln obfolnlng
on oborflon clfe fhe flme lf fook fo moke orrongemenfs ond rolse money. When you conslder fhof
42 percenf ol fhose seeklng oborflon llve below fhe Federol Foverfy Llne, lf ls eosy fo see how lnonclol
ond frovel borrlers pose o reol dlsodvonfoge.
Aborflon provlders fhemselves moy olso unlnfenflonolly creofe borrlers fo oborflon occess, olfen
becouse fhey ore under closer scruflny ond hove more reguloflons fo comply wlfh fhon loclllfles fhof do
nof provlde oborflon servlces. Some New York cllnlcs do nof occepf Medlcold os poymenf or do nof
oller poymenf plons. Cfhers wlll nof perlorm oborflons olfer o cerfoln number ol weeks, ond ofhers
wlll nof occepf pledges lrom oborflon lunds on beholl ol fhelr poflenfs. Cllnlcs ore frylng fhelr besf fo
luncflon ln on envlronmenf where oborflon ls sflgmoflzed, yef someflmes fhe resulflng pollcles moke lf
more dlllculf lor people fo occess fhe core fhey need.
Cleorly, fhere ore mony borrlers fo occesslng oborflon core: occess fo cllnlcs, occess fo lunds, legol
resfrlcflons, red fope ond nofobly, sflgmoflzoflon ol o rouflne, sole ond olfen necessory procedure.
We ocknowledge fhof people's lndlvlduol clrcumsfonces ond encounfers wlfh fhese obsfocles lnlorm
fhelr declslons fo pursue oborflon. As o resulf, our work os on oborflon lund hopes fo serve fhe mosf
morglnollzed communlfles by operoflng of fhe crlflcol lnfersecflon befween reproducflve rlghfs,
economlc |usflce ond lnequlfoble heolfh sysfems.
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STATES
UNDER MEDICAID
COVER ABORTION
1
7
7
$365
AVERAGE
PLEDGE
1> )('$ =KG 3>,,1WG ;DP;<GC
O?MHX< P@KEC NHEIDEP FLFM< C?
IKC< wlfh Y'#*Q$(' provlded fo
cllnlcs on beholl ol #&$ gronfees.
Thls represenfs o $'Z DEF@<KG<
DE X?ED<G JM<IP<I ond o 2.5%
lncreose ln gronfees over FY 2013.
Eoch gronfee lunded presenfs fo us o unlque need
lor osslsfonce ln lnonclng fhelr oborflon procedure.
The lnlormoflon obouf our gronfees shored here wlll
provlde o sense ol who NYAAF serves ond fhe lmpocf
ol our lundlng.
Thls lnlormoflon wos collecfed lrom our FY 2014
gronfees fhrough NYAAF's dofo monogemenf
sysfem, whlch lncludes our Soleslorce dofobose
ond cllnlc lnfoke lorms. However, some
lnlormoflon ls mlsslng lor cerfoln gronfees ond
lndlcofors, fherelore, numbers ond percenfoges
lor unknown dofo ore lncluded ln oll colculoflons
ond lgures hereln fo prevenf blos ln reporflng.
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NYAAF served gronfees oged 10 fo 45 ln FY 2014. Two gronfees lunded were 14
yeors old or younger, 57 gronfees were feenogers oged 15-20 (15%). Among odulfs
ol reproducflve oge, 184 were 20-2 yeors old (olmosf 50% ol oll gronfees), 5
gronfees were 30-34 yeors old (15%), 30 gronfees were 35-3 yeors old (8%), 8
gronfees were 40-44 yeors old (2%), ond 1 gronfee wos 45 yeors old (0.3%). Age ls
unknown lor 3 gronfees (10%). The overoge oge ol NYAAF gronfees wos 2 yeors old.
$%&# ( )*+,-&-*.
Cne-fhlrd (118) ol NYAAF's gronfees ldenflly os Whlfe/Coucoslon. 102 gronfees (27%) ldenflly os Block/Alrlcon-
Amerlcon/Alrlcon Herlfoge. 2 gronfees (17%) ldenflled os Loflno/Chlcogo/Hlsponlc. Ten gronfees (3%) ldenflled
os Aslon/Aslon-Amerlcon/Focllc lslonder ond lour gronfees (1%) ldenflled os Noflve Amerlcon/Amerlcon lndlon.
Nlne gronfees (2%) ldenflled os bl- or mulfl-roclol. Roce ond efhnlclfy ls unknown lor gronfees (18%).
$#/-0#,&.
23 gronfees (3%) were New York Sfofe (NYS)
resldenfs ond 8 (2%) froveled fo NYS lrom 1 ofher
sfofes lor fhelr oborflon. Sfofe ol resldency ls unknown
lor 3 gronfees (10%). Cne lnfernoflonol gronfee
holled lrom fhe Republlc ol Burundl.
14% ol oll gronfees reslde ln Fennsylvonlo, whlle
% llve ln New Jersey. Cfher sfofes represenfed
lnclude Colorodo, Connecflcuf, Georglo, Howoll,
lndlono, Mossochuseffs, Molne, Norfh Corollno, New
Hompshlre, Nevodo, Rhode lslond, Soufh Dokofo,
vlrglnlo ond Woshlngfon sfofe.
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50%
OF PATIENTS IN
THEIR 20S
F
Y
2
0
1
3
F
Y
2
0
1
441%
$136,401
INCREASE
IN PLEDGED
MONIES
$96,971
8
1234#5 67 8+-905#,
48% ol NYAAF's gronfees ore
porenflng one or more chlldren.
Number ol chlldren ls unknown
lor 55 gronfees (15%). Among
fhose wlfh chlldren, gronfees
(18% hod one chlld, 53 gronfees
(14%) hod fwo chlldren, 14
gronfees (4%) hod fhree
chlldren, fhree gronfees (1%)
hod lour chlldren, fhree gronfees
(1%) hod lve chlldren, ond one
gronfee (0.3%) hod slx chlldren.
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22 NYAAF gronfees (0%) reporfed hovlng
no heolfh lnsuronce of fhe flme fhey soughf on
oborflon. 43 gronfees (12%) hod prlvofe lnsuronce,
however lf olfen dld nof cover oborflon core.
1 gronfees (5%) hod ouf-ol-sfofe Medlcold coveroge fhof ls nof
oppllcoble ln NYS. 30 gronfees (8%) hod ofher lnsuronce or could
nof use fhelr lnsuronce due fo prlvocy concerns, ond 53 gronfees'
(14%) lnsuronce sfofus ls unknown.
86,*5%&#<*-=# >/#
103 gronfees (27%) reporfed
uslng o lorm ol confrocepflon
when fhelr pregnoncy occurred.
182 gronfees (4%) reporfed
uslng no lorm ol blrfh confrol
of fhe flme ol concepflon.
Confrocepflve use lnlormoflon
ls mlsslng lor 8 gronfees (24%).
Among fhose uslng confrocepflon,
7% used mole condoms, 17% used orol confrocepflve pllls, 11% dld
nof lndlcofe o mefhod, 3% used Nuvorlng, 1% used on lnfrouferlne
devlce, 1% used Depo Frovero, ond 1% used fhe confrocepflve
pofch.
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NYAAF served gronfees lrom 3 fo 32 weeks pregnonf, wlfh on
overoge ol 12 weeks pregnonf. lnlormoflon on number ol weeks
pregnonf wos mlsslng lrom 2 gronfees' lnfoke lorms.
More fhon holl, or 202, ol gronfees were ln fhe lrsf 13 weeks ol fhelr pregnoncy of fhe flme ol fhelr
oborflon. gronfees (2%) were befween weeks 14-24 ol fhelr pregnoncy when fhey hod fhelr oborflon.
11 gronfees (3%) were over 24 weeks pregnonf.
\?DF<G ?N 3>,,1
Working with NYAAF
has been one oI
the most rewarding
experiences l have
had in my 17 years
as a clinic counselor
and patient advocate.
Their volunteers and
donors help those
most vulnerable access
saIe, compassionate,
abortion care and
literally make it
possible to save
people's lives. They are
my heroes and are part
oI why l stay in
this Ield.
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60%
OF PATIENTS ARE
UNINSURED
49%
27%
NO BIRTH
CONTROL
24%
STATUS
UNKNOWN
USED BIRTH
CONTROL
48%
OF PATIENTS PARENTING 1+
CHILDREN