Some rights are hollow if you have no money. Freedom of the press is great if you are Rupert Murdoch and own a television network. The freedom to donate money to political campaigns guaranteed in “Citizens United” doesn’t mean much to the regular working stiff. And the right to an abortion means little if you can’t afford one.
You can’t do much about owning a television network or giving millions in campaign contributions, but Katha Pollitt, writing in The Nation in the April 9 issue, has a suggestion for doing something about abortion funding. You can make a contribution to the National Network of Abortion Funds, P.O. Box 170280, Boston, MA 02117.
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