Cobalt Abortion Fund

Cobalt Abortion Fund is the largest independent abortion fund in the state of Colorado.

We break down the barriers that abortion seekers face by providing direct financial assistance, including but not limited to procedure funding, travel, lodging, childcare, and meal support.

Cobalt Abortion Fund provides client-centered support to abortion seekers, regardless of income, residency, or how far along in pregnancy they are.

How It Works

Abortion seekers, or a support person on their behalf, can fill out a funding intake form, and our team will reach out to start the funding process. We provide two types of support for abortion seekers accessing care at one of Cobalt Abortion Fund’s partner clinics:

Procedural Funding: Direct financial assistance for abortion care.
Practical Support Funding: Financial support for clients’ basic needs to access abortion care, such as but not limited to travel, lodging, and meal support.

If a client is scheduled at a clinic we are not currently partnered with, we may be able to provide solidarity funding towards their abortion care on a case-by-case basis.

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Cobalt Abortion Fund understands that abortion bans disproportionately impact marginalized communities, and we seek to be a welcoming, safe, and equitable resource for all.

We are committed to eliminating financial barriers to accessing essential healthcare. We will use clients’ correct names and pronouns. We work with a translation service to ensure we can communicate with our clients in a language they are comfortable with. We offer funding to all abortion seekers regardless of gestational age, residency, income, age, religion, marital status, immigration status, physical ability, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, race, or ethnicity.

Our Values and Commitments

Autonomy

We provide our clients with resources so they can make their own reproductive decisions.

Community

We make connections with trusted clinics, abortion funds, and practical support organizations to provide comprehensive, client-centered care.

Equality

We understand that abortion bans and the legal system that upholds them are based on racism, transphobia, homophobia, ableism, misogyny, and classism, and we strongly oppose these and all forms of oppression.

Liberation

We understand that reproductive health intersects with various forms of systemic oppression. As a Reproductive Rights organization, we follow the lead of Reproductive Justice organizations that have created a platform towards true reproductive liberation.

Pro-Abortion

We oppose stigma and shame around abortion, and respect each individual’s feelings about their abortion experiences.

Safety

We provide abortion seekers with referrals to legitimate abortion clinics that prioritize patient safety, both in physical and emotional health.

Solidarity

We respect our clients as individuals and equals, and seek to affirm their right to the resources that should be available to them.

Support

We do our best to work with our clients to break down barriers to accessing abortion care by providing financial and practical support in a client-centered way without restrictions on income, gender, residency, gestational limits, language, or documentation status.

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1967

Colorado decriminalizes abortion

Colorado General Assembly decriminalizes abortion with a bipartisan bill signed by Republican Governor John Love.

Colorado became the first state in the nation to allow safe, legal abortion care – with restrictions.

1973

Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court issues the Roe v Wade decision, establishing a Constitutional right to abortion nationwide.

This decision supersedes the Colorado law and its restrictions on abortion care.

After Roe, Colorado law remains silent on gestational restrictions on abortion care, making it one of only a handful of states where care is available throughout pregnancy.

1984

Cobalt Abortion Fund is formed.

Colorado Amendment 3 passes by less than 1%, banning state public funding for abortion care.

Cobalt Abortion Fund, then named the Women’s Freedom Fund, was created by the First Universalist Church of Denver in response to Amendment 3’s ban on the use of state public funding for abortion care

2017

NARAL ProChoice Colorado cooperatively acquires the Freedom Fund

Through a Memorandum of Understanding, Cobalt, formerly NARAL ProChoice Colorado, acquires the Women’s Freedom Fund and adds professional staff to what had been an all-volunteer operation.

2020

Cobalt's Independence

Cobalt disaffiliates from NARAL ProChoice and becomes a fully independent, Colorado-based organization.

Cobalt’s mission: Advancing abortion access and reproductive rights.

2021

Cobalt Abortion Fund expands to an abortion and practical support fund

Texas Senate Bill 8 takes effect in September 2021, essentially banning abortion in the state of Texas. Cobalt Abortion Fund starts providing practical support, funding for travel for abortion care and logistics, for Texans forced to travel to Colorado for their abortion care.

2022

Reproductive Health Equity Act

In April 2022, the Colorado General Assembly passes, and the Governor signs, the Reproductive Health Equity Act, putting abortion rights into Colorado state law.

2022

Cobalt Abortion Fund scales up to support abortion access in a post-Roe world

Roe v. Wade is overturned on June 24, 2022, with the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision.

With Roe overturned and abortion ban trigger laws taking effect in other states as a result, Cobalt Abortion Fund scales up to better support abortion access throughout the region.

Cobalt Abortion Fund spends more than double in 2022 what it did in 2021 to support people accessing abortion care.

2023

Protecting Patients and Providers

Colorado General Assembly passes a law that affirmatively shields abortion and gender affirming care patients and providers from interstate investigation and persecution.

The Colorado General Assembly also passes a law requiring private insurers in the state of Colorado to cover abortion care.

2024

Amendment 79 puts abortion rights in the Colorado state Constitution

Colorado voters overwhelmingly pass Amendment 79 with 62% of the vote statewide. Amendment 79 enshrines the right to abortion in the state constitution and lifts the Amendment 3 ban on public insurance coverage for abortion care.

2026

Amendment 79 kicks in, public insurance covers abortion care

With the passage of Amendment 79, Colorado State Medicaid covers abortion care as of January 1, 2026. This means Colorado state public employees and people on state Medicaid can utilize their insurance to cover abortion care.

Cobalt Advocates

Cobalt Advocates is the 501(c)4 advocacy and political arm of Cobalt. We take positions on abortion rights bills and issues at the municipal, state, and federal levels, hold officeholders accountable on those issues, and endorse candidates. We use our grassroots organizational power to elect pro-abortion rights legislators, and we financially support candidates and officeholders at the municipal, state, and federal levels who share our values. We are one of the most successful political organizations in the state, with over 75% of our endorsed candidates winning their races.

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