Accessing Abortion Care

Everything You Need to Know About Accessing Abortion Care

via MAAP

What we do:

We help you navigate barriers to abortion care and get you the safe, compassionate, affordable abortion care you deserve.

What we cover:

Financial support paying for your abortion
Practical support (travel/lodging/food/childcare)
Emotional support

Who we help:

We help both Montanans and those seeking abortion care in Montana.

How to get help:

We encourage you to fill out our application for support before, during, or after you’ve scheduled your abortion care appointment.

Apply for Support

Steps to get support accessing abortion care

Book your abortion care appointment
- Not sure where to schedule your appointment? Please see this page for info on clinic options near you.
Fill out our application here
If you need support booking your abortion appointment or filling out our application, call or text us at 406-224-7472 or email us at [email protected]
Within 48 hours: we’ll review your application, confirm your appointment with the clinic, and work with you to determine what kind of support you need.
- While our application is always open, we review applications Monday-Friday. If we receive your application after 4 PM on Friday or over the weekend, we’ll reach out to you Monday morning.

Tailoring our support to your unique needs:

We reach out to discuss which type(s) of support you requested on your application and what that might look like based on your unique needs.

Financial support:

We talk with you about what financial support you need to pay for your abortion care appointment.
We pay the clinic directly with the amount we’ve agreed on to cover (depending on your needs and our budget, this could be part or all of the appointment cost).
This is NOT a loan system: you are never expected to pay us back. MAAP is here to ensure you get the support you need – no fine print necessary.

Practical support:

We talk with you about what practical support you need including covering the costs of:

Travel
Lodging
Food
Childcare

Emotional support:

You know your own body and needs best. We’re here to honor and support your ability to make whatever choice is best for you. We’ll never tell you what choice to make; we are here to listen, provide resources and affirmation, and support you through the process.

Confidentiality

Regardless of whether you reach out by application, text, or phone call, we’ll go through the same process when we get connected. Whether you contact us by phone, email, or website, your information will only be shared within MAAP and the clinic you choose.

We prioritize your safety and well-being.

If you prefer to reach out by phone

While our preference is for people to apply online, you can also call or text 406-224-7472 to get support with your appointment. If you call, you’ll reach our voicemail. In your voicemail, please share the following:

Your name
A safe number for us to call back
Whether it’s safe for us to leave a voicemail
How you prefer we identify ourselves when we call back:
- We always follow your lead: when we call back, we typically identify ourselves by our first name and organization acronym (MAAP), but will not say Montana Abortion Access Program to protect your privacy.
- If you have a different way you’d prefer us to identify ourselves, let us know! We prioritize your safety and privacy during this process.

MAAP Closures

While our application is always open, we review applications Monday-Friday. If we receive your application after 3 PM on Friday or over the weekend, we’ll reach out to you Monday morning.

MAAP is also closed for the following holidays:

New Years Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
President’s Day
Memorial Day
Juneteenth
Fourth of July
Labor Day
Indigenous People’s Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas Day
New Years Eve

If you apply for support on one of these holidays, we will contact you the following business day.

If we don’t hear back from you

We’ll reach out 2-3 times before letting you know that we will not be reaching out again and that you are welcome to be in touch if anything changes.