Check out the full article here. Shout-out to our friends at @guttmacher.org, whose research and data allowed @cnn.com to tell this story!
www.cnn.com/2026/02/18/h...
Check out the full article here. Shout-out to our friends at @guttmacher.org, whose research and data allowed @cnn.com to tell this story!
www.cnn.com/2026/02/18/h...
Selected quotes from the aforementioned CNN article are placed on top of a map of New York City. Quotes read: "In New York, abortion is legal and protected; voters enshrined the right to abortion in the state’s constitution in 2024. But the state has eight fewer abortion clinics than it did at the start of 2024, Guttmacher data shows, one of the most significant decreases in that timeframe nationwide." "Among the clinics that closed last year was a Planned Parenthood in New York City, the nonprofit’s only location in Manhattan." "The closure was “a big blow,” said Chelsea Williams-Diggs, executive director of the New York Abortion Access Fund. “All clinic closures are a travesty,” she said. “But the Planned Parenthood on Bleecker Street was a powerhouse of a clinic that was able to do so much for folks.”"
Selected quotes from the aforementioned CNN article are placed on top of a map of New York City. Quotes read: "Planned Parenthood typically accepts a wider set of insurance coverage than smaller independent clinics can, and locations in New York could often enroll eligible patients in Medicaid on the same day as their appointment. The clinic in Manhattan was also one of a small and shrinking number that provide abortions after the first trimester, which can be particularly expensive." "“That has direct impacts on abortion access and on abortion funds,” Williams-Diggs said. “If more folks don’t have health insurance, if more folks are strained economically, that means more folks will be calling NYAAF to help them pay for an essential health care service.”" The bottom right corner reads "Support NYAAF by becoming a monthly donor," with a link to NYAAF.org/donate.
Spoiler alert: Fewer clinics mean less access, which leaves abortion funds like NYAAF to pick up the pieces. Read more excerpts from our Executive Director below:
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A woman in a long black coat and heeled boots, slightly blurred, walks by the former Planned Parenthood Health Center in Manhattan. Laid on top of this image is the headline, "Abortion clinics are closing, even in states that have become key access points." The CNN logo lies above it, along with the author credit (Deidre McPhillips) and date (Feb 18, 2026). Purple, stylized newspaper cuts frame the image, and a small subtitle on the bottom reads, "There are about a dozen fewer brick-and-mortar abortion clinics in the US than there were two years ago, according to a new report"). The NYAAF logo is on the bottom left corner of the image, along with a call to "read the article" with an arrow pointing to the right, encouraging the reader to swipe.
Despite New York being an access point, abortion clinics have closed in New York State. Our Executive Director, Chelsea, spoke with @cnn.com on how clinic closures impact everyday abortion seekers.
Read the full article: www.cnn.com/2026/02/18/h...
COMMUNITY CIRCLE Post-abortion circle A place to listen, connect, process, and share experiences We welcome all who have had abortions! Monday, December 8 6:30 - 8:30 PM ET tinyurl.com/nyaafcircle
NYAAF is hosting another post-abortion community circle 💜
This event will be virtual, free, and open to all who’ve had abortions. In a time when space to process and connect is hard to find, our circles bring those who’ve had abortions together 🫂
Sign up at tinyurl.com/nyaafcircle 🤗
NYAAF ED Chelsea, NYAAF Case Manager (and co-organizer of this event!) Becky, and WEN ED Kamila at the "Cabaret for Abortion Access" in NYC.
From the South Bronx to the Deep South, we're proud to support abortion access across state lines 🌹
Check out our Linktree to make sure you're at our next event! linktr.ee/nyaaf
There were so many legends covering legends in attendance. See "OITNB"'s Lea DeLaria cover "Fame" by David Bowie below! 🌟
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We work together every day to make abortion access possible, so it was extra special to share and celebrate with our Florida and NY communities—especially at the iconic Joe's Pub 🍿
Hear the story of a NYAAF and WEN caller, read onstage by "Bottoms" star, Havana Rose Liu!
Havana Rose Liu and Lola Tung smile together at NYAAF and WEN's "Cabaret for Abortion Access" in NYC.
WEN ED Kamila, NYAAF ED Chelsea, and Busy Phillips laugh onstage at the "Cabaret for Abortion Access" in NYC.
Jessica Valenti takes the stage at NYAAF and WEN's "Cabaret for Abortion Access" in NYC.
Audience members clap at NYAAF and WEN's "Cabaret for Abortion Access" in NYC.
Earlier this month, NYAAF and Women's Emergency Network teamed up for a CABARET FOR ABORTION ACCESS! 🎭
This fundraiser featured over a dozen performances by Broadway, film, and TV stars, and raised $360K to support abortion seekers forced to travel from Florida to New York.
OUR PATH FORWARD: At NYAAF, we work with humility, solidarity, and care, centering those most impacted by reproductive injustices as we build toward a future of collective liberation. Learn more and read our full FY26-28 Strategic Plan at nyaaf.org/strategic-plan
Our goals offer us a concrete path forward. Thanks for following along this week—we hope you'll remain alongside us through the next three years (and beyond)! 📣
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💗 nyaaf.org/about-us
RESIST! NYAAF will strengthen our network and resilience as we face rising authoritarianism, attacks on bodily autonomy, and ongoing harm to marginalized communities. We resist not with fixed plans, but with a determination to meet the moment through creatively resourcing abortion by all means necessary.
By centering the voices & leadership of those most impacted by reproductive injustices, we move forward together, boldly envisioning & actively creating a world where abortion is accessible and celebrated as fundamental to bodily autonomy, healthcare, & human rights.
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BUILD CAPACITY FOR ADAPTABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY NYAAF will strengthen our internal Systems and capacity. We will strengthen our operations and infrastructure, grounded in our values, prioritizing resilience in a shifting legal and political environment with a focus on long-term financial stability, sustainable staffing, and systems that support the holistic needs of staff, board, volunteers, and callers.
LEAD WITH VALUES NYAAF will practice liberation in the present. By embedding our values of Joy and Pleasure, Lived Experience, Radical Empathy and Trust, Adaptability and Sustainability, and Integrity and Accountability into all operations and relationships, we aim to be a model for how abortion funds and movement organizations can grow thoughtfully and with love.
Recognizing that the landscape we navigate is dynamic and often unpredictable, this plan intentionally balances clarity with adaptability, leaving space for creativity and growth.
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ADVANCE ACCESS FOR ABORTION SEEKERS NYAAF will expand and deepen direct caller services and program offerings. This ensures our callers, including New York residents and people traveling from out-of-state, can access abortion care by providing compassionate, holistic wrap-around services—including Financial, logistical, and emotional support—before, during, and after their abortion.
ORGANIZE FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE + LIBERATION NYAAF will organize for reproductive justice by building collective power, shifting public narratives, and dismantling barriers to care. grounded in our callers’ experiences, NYAAF will stand in solidarity with affected people in banned and restricted states, expose access gaps in places where abortion remains Legal, and use community organizing, advocacy, and storytelling to connect abortion access to broader movements for systemic change.
Rooted in our commitment to reproductive justice, collective liberation, & community care, our plan includes advancing abortion access, organizing for systemic change, & strengthening our resilience.
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NYAAF GOALS Check out our Strategic Plan
Following our release of our first-ever Strategic Plan this week, NYAAF is here to catch you up on our organizational goals 💜 The following goals reflect NYAAF's priorities for the coming 3 years, organized around 5 strategic pillars.
🧵Follow along!
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OUR PATH FORWARD: At NYAAF, we work with humility, solidarity, and care, centering those most impacted by reproductive injustices as we build toward a future of collective liberation. Learn more and read our full FY26-28 Strategic Plan at: NYAAF.ORG/STRATEGIC-PLAN
No matter what happens next, NYAAF commits to centering those most impacted by reproductive injustices 🗽
We outline more of our plans for the next 3 years in our Strategic Plan, which you can read in full here:
💻 nyaaf.org/strategic-plan
ADAPTABILITY + SUSTAINABILITY We are committed to being nimble and creatively responding to frequent landscape changes. We nurture our collective resilience in service of our community, continuously fostering abundance while preparing for scarcity. INTEGRITY + ACCOUNTABILITY We ground all of our decisions in our values. We take responsibility for our individual and collective impact, and embrace generative conflict as a pathway to deeper understanding, healing, and connection.
Abortion funding is tough in this political environment. That's why we value Adaptability & Sustainability, as well as Integrity & Accountability 💪
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LIVED EXPERIENCE We honor the expertise of those who have had abortions, faced barriers to abortion care, and come from communities that have experienced—and continue to experience—reproductive oppression. We recognize that those most impacted by these systems of oppression should lead the way toward their dismantling. RADICAL EMPATHY + TRUST We center our shared humanity in everything we do—from our direct caller services, how we work together, to movement partnerships, and beyond—and trust people as experts in their own lives and needs.
We care about Lived Experience, and we try to model Radical Empathy & Trust—from our callers, to our partners, to our staff and board 🫂
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JOY + PLEASURE We are unapologetically sex-positive, and affirm that authentic self expression and bodily and sexual pleasure are acts of liberatory resistance. We reject shame and stigma around sex, abortion, and all reproductive outcomes, and create joyful spaces where full bodily autonomy is celebrated without judgment.
We're proud to center Joy & Pleasure in our work ❤️🔥
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OUR VALUES Collective liberation is both our long-term vision and our everyday practice. We strive to embody the values outlined in this post, grounding ourselves in who we are, shaping how we show up with others, and guiding every aspect of our strategy. Learn more >>
Our values (Joy & Pleasure, Lived Experience, Radical Empathy & Trust, Adaptability & Sustainability, and Integrity & Accountability) keep us rooted to the ultimate goal of abortion funding: Collective Liberation 🪷
We outline all this in our Strategic Plan 💻 nyaaf.org/strategic-plan
VALUES & NYAAF What guides our abortion funding? We're so glad you asked!
This week, NYAAF released our first-ever Strategic Plan. But 3 years after the devastating Dobbs decision, NYAAF is more dedicated than ever to our values: a vital part of our plans through 2028!
🧵 Keep reading to check out what guides our work!
🖥️ nyaaf.org/strategic-plan
OUR PATH FORWARD: At NYAAF, we work with humility, solidarity, and care, centering those most impacted by reproductive injustices as we build toward a future of collective liberation. Learn more and read our full FY26-28 Strategic Plan at: nyaaf.org/strategic-plan
We invite you to explore this plan and think deeply about how we will show up in these next 3 years. NYAAF will do so courageously, thoughtfully, and authentically—for each other and for our communities 🫂
⬇️ Download and Learn More: nyaaf.org/strategic-plan
OUR FRAME NYAAF grounds its work in the reproductive justice framework, defined by sistersong as the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities. We recognize that reproductive justice is broader than abortion access and necessitates the deconstruction of all oppressive systems including patriarchy, white supremacy and anti-Blackness, capitalism, imperialism, and ableism.
This plan is deeply rooted in our commitment to reproductive justice, collective liberation, and community care ❤️🔥
✍️ Read More: nyaaf.org/strategic-plan
OUR MISSION NYAAF works to make abortion accessible for anyone living in or traveling to New York through direct funding, holistic support, and trusted connections. We foster systems of community care and build collective power to dismantle barriers, shift systems, and advance reproductive justice.
OUR VISION We envision a world rooted in joy, dignity, and self-determination, where all people have the power to make decisions about their bodies and futures. In this world: Communities have what they need to thrive; Abortion is accessible, trusted, and celebrated as a fundamental part of bodily autonomy, healthcare, and human rights.
Our plan lays a path toward advancing abortion access, organizing for systemic change, and strengthening our resilience 💪
This landscape is unpredictable, but we look to the future armed with our adaptability, creativity, and growth.
💻 Learn More: nyaaf.org/about-us
REINTRODUCING NYAAF! Check out our strategic plan (nyaaf.org/strategic-plan)
3 years after the devastating Dobbs decision, NYAAF is proud to release our 2026-2028 Strategic Plan! This strategic plan—our first ever—is a labor of love and a living blueprint 💟
🧵 Keep reading to check out how we've changed, what we've gotten clearer on, and where we'll be going for the next 3!
SEEKING FACILITATOR :) NYAAF is seeking a post-abortion circle facilitator! Contracted position: $150/hr Must have: Had abortion(s), 5+ years experience Apply by Monday, September 29 via applications@nyaaf.org LEARN MORE: nyaaf.org/jobs
NYAAF is looking for post-abortion circle facilitators! 💗
Apply by September 29 at applications@nyaaf.org, and check out nyaaf.org/jobs for more details! 💼
DEADLINE CHANGE: APPLY BY FRIDAY, AUGUST 15! We're hiring an operations coordinator! Details: $46.35/hour, or $77,126 if annualized! Remote within NYC Metro area!* Fully covered health insurance, dental, vision plans, + 401K contributions! Generous PTO and regular office closure! 4 DAY WORK WEEK! *Must be able to travel to our PO Box in Manhattan on a weekly basis. LEARN MORE AND APPLY: www.nyaaf.org/jobs
NYAAF is still looking for a full-time Operations Coordinator! 📢
💻 Remote, with weekly travel to Manhattan
💼 3+ years experience
📆 HEADS UP: DEADLINE CHANGE ⏰ Apply by August 15
🔗 Learn more at nyaaf.org/jobs or link in bio!
‼️HEADS UP: DEADLINE CHANGE ⏰
Due to a high volume of applications, we’ve decided to close applications for this role EARLY: this Friday, August 15. Thank you to everyone who has already applied 💜
We're hiring an operations coordinator! Details: $46.35/hour, or $77,126 if annualized! Remote within NYC Metro area!* Fully covered health insurance, dental, vision plans, + 401K contributions! Generous PTO and regular office closure! 4 DAY WORK WEEK! *Must be able to travel to our PO Box in Manhattan on a weekly basis. Apply by Friday, August 22!
BIG NEWS: NYAAF is looking for a full-time Operations Coordinator! 📢
💻 Remote, with weekly travel to Manhattan
💼 3+ years experience
📆 Apply by August 22
🔗 Learn more at nyaaf.org/jobs or link in bio!
Consider sustaining our abortion funding program by either:
👚 Snagging some of our limited edition merch: www.bonfire.com/nyaaf-aborti...
💰 Heading to NYAAF.org/dobbs to make a donation today!
We’re thankful to have had the support of our community in these challenging times, but the truth is: We’re still in those challenging times. We still need your help to sustain our work. In fact, we may need you more than ever 🫂
💰 nyaaf.org/dobbs
👕 www.bonfire.com/nyaaf-aborti...
This week marked three years since the overturn of Roe v. Wade, and three years since NYAAF’s work transformed forever 💜
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