Mission Focus: Reproductive Rights Issues

Joyce Schorr, the founder and president of the Women’s Repro-ductive Rights Assistance Project, a group that directly provides funds for women to get abortions, says even people who already are pro-choice need additional education.

“Many people don’t understand the plight of lower-income women,” Schorr says. “Some people think these women are using abortion as birth control, and that’s not true. I go to major donors and say these women are like anyone else. They have the same goals; they are often just down on their luck. I tell donors that if we don’t pay now, we have to look at the long-term costs of unwanted children.”