Uprise RI: Reporting, June 23, 2022 || The Women’s Health and Education Fund (WHEF) has stated that the average cost of an abortion in RI is $600. “There are many individuals and families who simply do not have anything extra sitting around if their insurance says they won’t cover their abortion,” writes The Womxn Project, a Rhode Island organization that advocates for reproductive rights.
When Uprise RI spoke to Speaker Shekarchi, he said, citing the RPS, that “right now, everyone in Rhode Island has access to abortion care.”
“Not if they can’t afford it,” countered Uprise RI.
As the Womxn Project has stated, “A right is not real if people can’t access or afford that right.”
