The Eastern Massachusetts Abortion (EMA) Fund works to reduce social and economic barriers to abortion care and bodily autonomy through movement building, advocacy, education, and direct aid.
We envision a world where every person has the right to bodily self-determination, where every person has the right to determine their own future.
Our Purpose
The EMA Fund's goal is to make abortion accessible to all who need it.
We believe that access to abortion and bodily autonomy is a matter of reproductive and racial justice, and a human right. To achieve our purpose, we: allocate funds equitably to ensure that people without adequate resources can have safe and timely abortions and reproductive care; eliminate barriers such as language, transportation, and lodging; assist eligible callers to the EMA Fund in obtaining MassHealth (Medicaid) coverage; and collaborate with health care providers, grassroots organizers, activists, and other local and national funds.
Our Values
The following values guide all fundraising, programmatic, and organizational decisions and actions for the EMA Fund:
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trust: we trust people as the experts on their own lives and needs.
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joy and pleasure: we celebrate full body autonomy with joy + without judgement!
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adaptability and sustainability: we are flexible and creatively responsive to frequent landscape changes. we foster abundance while preparing for scarcity (thanks to NYAAF for this wording!)
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harm reduction: we aim to reduce the harm within the medical system by allowing people to access care for free.
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reproductive justice: it's a human right to decide if, when, and how to have children, and to parent in safe communities.
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care: we can, and we will, take care of us. healthcare is a human right + something we all deserve in abundance, for free.
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community: we're driven by the power of, support from, and needs of our community - funders, callers, clinics, staff, neighbors.
National Network of Abortion Funds
The EMA Fund is one of more than 100 abortion funds around the country. We are a member of the National Network of Abortion Funds.