Andrea Grimes

Beyhive or Be Gone

Bowling for

Lilith Fund - Austin

$5,110 RAISED SO FAR

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WHY I'M BOWLING

*************************IMPORTANT UPDATE*************************

Y'all have been so flipping fantastic donating to fund abortion care for Texans, but I'm still short of my goal, so I'm gonna sweeten the pot. With a bat.

A bat? Yes, a bat. A literal bat. The animal.

Austinites know never to touch bats. But I'm going to be brave. I'm going to be strong. I'm going to TOUCH. A. BAT.

BUT ONLY IF I MAKE MY GOAL OF RAISING $5,000 FOR THE LILITH FUND. Why am I doing this? well, read on:

Friends, it's that time of year again: time to donate whatever you can to help Texans pay for the abortion care they need!

If you follow my work, you know that Texas lawmakers have passed the most stringent anti-abortion access law in the country, and that people across the state who need abortion care are finding it harder than ever to access that care.

Texas may soon have just eight legal abortion providers available to serve a state with a population of 26 million. But even now, more than half of Texas' legal providers have shuttered because they can't afford to comply with medically unnecessary regulations. In short, that's ...

But here's what: it's not just abortion care that's under attack. Our elected lawmakers slashed family planning funding in 2011--funds that didn't even come close to serving the total need in Texas, the state with the highest rate of uninsured adults in the nation.

And already, Texas students don't get fact-based, medically sound information about sexuality and safe relationships. We're setting ourselves up for failure at every turn.

Texas lawmakers have also refused to take a Medicaid expansion that could help more than a million of our fellow Texans get health insurance. And did you know that Texas has one of the worst Medicaid thresholds all around--that a parent needs to make no more than $298 per month to qualify for the program?

Even in this self-described "pro-life" state, Texans who need pre-natal care often can't access what they need; this problem is even worse for people in Texas jails, who see worse birth outcomes than people who aren't incarcerated because our "pro-life" state cares more about license plates than helping them have healthy pregnancies.

In short: without access to a full range of reproductive health care options, "choice" is a fantasy. Here's where you come in. You listening?

Good. Because what I'm asking you to do is really, really easy: I'm asking you to donate what you can--$5, $10, $25, $100--to the Lilith Fund, a non-profit that directly helps Texans who need abortion care pay for that care. A clinical abortion can cost upwards of $500--and even more for people who have to wait longer to save up the money for their procedures. Because there are so few providers left in the state, a lot of people also have to pay for gas, bus tickets, plane tickets and hotel rooms--not to mention child care, because most people who need abortion care are already parents--and that makes the cost of their procedures even more expensive. It all adds up ... fast.

The people who need your help are some of the state's most marginalized folks--people and families of color, trans people and others who, basically, aren't straight, cisgender white women. Your money helps them when you donate to the Bowl-A-Thon. It doesn't go to a politician.

It goes straight to people who need to pay for their abortion care at a safe, legal abortion provider. Oftentimes, they just need the extra $10 or $20 to pay for their health care. You can help these people directly, when and where they need it most. That makes you a badass.

Can you give a few dollars? Can you help Texans who have been disenfranchised by a system that marginalizes them in so many ways? I think you can.

I've intentionally set my fundraising goal higher than ever this year, because I know there are so many people who want to help but who feel frustrated by the scope of the problem. Here's a way you can help, directly, without worrying whether you're donating to elect another wishy-washy mouthpiece, or that your money will be funneled to another cause. This is about funding abortions. Let's raise $5000 to fund abortions. LET ME SAY IT AGAIN: LET'S RAISE $5000 TO FUND ABORTIONS!

Did you donate yet? DID YOU? IF SO, DON'T JUST ...

TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS: ABORTION CARE IS HEALTH CARE, AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE IS FREEDOM!

Team Members

DONORS

Lindsay Eyth : $15
This is a thing that is nice and fun to do
Anonymous : $25
Tiffany Maples-Nikkel : $25
Patricia Deming : $15
Tacos and beer always remind me to fund abortions. Thanks, Andrea!
M Barclay : $15
Stephanie Powers : $50
Billy Currington : $25
Carrie kaplan : $15
All about those bats about those bats (no rabies)
Susan Fitzpatrick : $25
Allen Snyder : $100
I'll turn 50 this year; I've been fighting this fight since I was 20. Keep up the good work!
Kymberlie McGuire : $30
And now you have to touch a bat! <3
Sean and Stig Daniels : $50
Charles Vestal : $8
"One for each arm" - a spider
Karen Zatopek : $25
Julei Gillis : $15
BATS!
Allen Marshall : $15
On demand. No questions. No excuses. Now go see how cute bats are.
In honor of Antonin Scalia
Anne Broshar : $25
Amy McCarthy : $25
TOUCH THAT BAT!
Marti McKenna : $15
Touch that bat! ;)
J. Kyle Fagan
DonoVAN Gentry
SETH MICHAELS : $15
Anonymous : $50
Tom Buckley : $50
Thanks for fighting the good fight, Andrea!
Anonymous
Inspired by your ability to galvanize supporters for a great cause!
Pamela Hyde
Diane Whitmire : $50
Allison Griffey : $15
In honor of the haters.
JM Freemon : $25
Anonymous
Enily Baillieul : $25
Eris Koleszar
Patricia Williams : $25
Because it's the right thing to do!
Jose Bartos : $50
Jenny Selzer : $25
Shout out to the insane twitter trolls!
In honor of Andrea's Many Trolls
Michael Kersten : $25
Amanda Sarp : $20
Jessica Wainfor : $32
*cues 80's montage* YOU'RE THE BEST AROUND NOTHING'S EVER GONNA KEEP YOU DOWN
In honor of Grammar Trolls
Alane Fitzgerald : $100
Lucy Swope
Lisa Needham : $15
In honor of providing me with unending hilarity on twitter thanks to your incoherent and illiterate trolls.
Nellie Debbeler : $50
Anonymous : $35
Anonymous : $100
Anonymous
Anonymous : $20
Anonymous : $25
Emily DePrang : $50
Brad Tyer : $50
Jan Soifer : $50
Michael Drucker : $100
Jessica Zimmerman : $25
Angelos Tzelepis : $50
Anonymous : $25
Anonymous : $25
Touch that bat! :)
Anonymous
Imani Gandy : $20
For that one douchebag on Twitter who said you should be aborted.
In honor of That one douchebag on Twitter.
Anonymous : $50
Andrea Greer : $100
Na na na na na na na na Na na na na na na na na BAT GRIMES!
Rachel Kapila
Patty Phillips : $25
Adam Schragin : $20
Looking forward to this bat meet-up.
Tiffany Sparks
Keep up the fundraising!!!
Justin Capps : $25
Always up for tacos. Always up for beer. Always up for repro-justice. But mostly just here for the bat-rotica.
Anonymous
Anonymous : $25
Kristin May : $25
Kymberlie McGuire : $25
Thank you for everything you do to make Texas a better place for everyone in need of reproductive justice. Our state is going to get better because of people like you.
Emily DePrang : $50
Merritt Martin : $15
Craig Foster : $25
Trolls begone!
Anonymous : $25
Rebecca Carroll : $25
Anonymous : $10
Ashe Dryden : $100
Jacob Jones Martinez : $25
Jesse Berney : $60
Julie Gillis : $15
Marti McCall : $15
Thanks Andrea for all you do!!
In honor of Andrea Grimes
Anonymous
Anonymous : $100
Keep up the great work! -Thea
Allison Faber
This is fire Texas women's healthcare. Healthcare that has been used as a control measure since the 19th century. Hands off our bodies. Reproductive rights are human rights.
Paula Blackwell : $25
Maggie Rosenbloom : $10
Nestor says 'meow repeal hyde'
In honor of Whiskey Stella and Fizz
Melanie McCammon : $100
Carrie Kaplan : $20
Melanie Sanders : $25
Keep being a badass, Andrea!
In honor of HATERS
Schell Carpenter : $25
I collected a bunch of tears from anti's on your TL, thanks for raising so much for Lilith in such a fun way!!
Jack Maynard : $10
This is for the good work you do Andrea, not for the trolls. @JHMSparky
Ruth Gilgenbach : $100
Paul Jordan : $50
Anonymous
Phil Cryer : $25
Thank you Andrea! You having these (sometimes ridiculous) conversations online remind us that we MUST continue to support women's reproductive rights.
In honor of Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes is someone I respect on Twitter
Taylor Loria : $15
Anonymous
Scott Madin : $500
Werewolf Cacophony : $25
Mary K Kare : $50
Happy to help. But I don't want any junk mail, spam, or telemarketers. Ok?
Katrina Shawgo : $100
This is for all people doing the work and getting trolled on Twitter.
Anonymous : $15
@andreagrimes. To counter the trolls and the haters.
In honor of To counter the anti-choice trolls.
Donna Gratehouse : $25
Dear idiots trolling Andrea, this contribution is for you!
orianna Bilby : $25
Samuel John : $15
Solidarity!
Paula Thurber : $100
for all the trolls out there
In honor of Trolls
Claire Gilder : $25
Carrie Tilton-Jones : $25
Eric Sandler : $50
Good luck, Andrea! Bowl on.
Christine Bible : $25
Thanks for fundraising!
In honor of Anti-choice Trolls on @andreagrimes Twitter timeline!
Lizz Restat : $50
KEEP TROLLIN' SUCKAS
Carole Kennedy : $15
Found you on Twitter. So happy to be able to offer you my humble and modest support on IWD!
Anonymous
Rachel collins : $25
Fizz, Fund 'em up!
Patrick Michels : $50
Anonymous : $60
Money well spent, and thanks to all of the anti-choice trolls for helping to make this happen. You the real MVP!
In honor of Heather, Stephen, Brenda
Decklin Foster : $50
Drew Levin : $25
bruce morrow : $25
Trolls can suck it....
Emily McCann : $50
Kristen Houser : $25
Rock on. I so appreciate your activism!
In honor of Clinic workers!
Anonymous : $15
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Alison Parker : $10
<3 from CA!
In honor of Anti-choice jerkfaces everywhere!
Parker Molloy : $10
Anonymous
Anonymous : $25
Anonymous : $50

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