Abortion clinic workers say they are facing a multifaceted labor crisis precipitated by the abortion access crisis.
Obviously, those most affected by this catastrophic loss of access are the people who need abortions. But clinic workers are also facing untenable conditions. Many workers in states with bans have already lost their jobs and are faced with a choice: They can relocate to new states in order to continue working in abortion care, or remain in their communities and transition into different careers.
In an effort to help where larger, better-established organizations did not, ReproJobs began organizing abefore the Supreme Court issued its decision, opening up applications in early July. The fund was initially established with a $200,000 gift from an anonymous donor. Since then, additional support has come from individual donors, a foundation, and a movement organization.
Remaining staff are grappling with similar dilemmas, said Colleen Damerell, a former coworker of Brick who remains employed at the clinic. Damerell isn’t sure how much longer her job will exist — but she doesn’t want to leave Ohio. “I think that people need to stay in states like this. There’s a lot of work that needs to be done,” she said.
Meanwhile, clinics in safe haven states are drowning in the flood of patients coming in from ban states. Crystal Grabowski, a unionized abortion care worker in Western Pennsylvania, said the clinic where she works is currently booked as many as six weeks out.
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