Established in 1992, Women Have Options was a founding member
of the National Network of Abortions Funds. Our mission is to support the right of every woman to make her own reproductive decisions.

Since 1992, when our goal was to provide help for Licking County women, we have grown to  a state-wide organization.   We help women all over Ohio.  As an independent fund, we work with most Ohio clinics that are providing abortions and contraceptives.

The cost of a first trimester abortion can be more than a poverty-level family lives on in a month. Today, women forgo food, risk eviction and pawn their possessions as they attempt to raise money for an abortion. Some are forced to continue the pregnancy, abandon their education and stay trapped in poverty. Since 1992, Women Have Options has helped more than 1400 women pay for an abortion or afford contraception.

Most women who approach WHO/O for assistance have limited resources. Some are single parents struggling to support their children, many are students determined to complete their education, while others are facing debilitating conditions such as domestic violence, alcoholism, AIDS, rape or incest.

We call for full public funding of abortion, non-coercive family planning services and support for low-income women to care for their children with dignity. We stand for reproductive justice, a world in which all women have the power and resources necessary to make healthy decisions about their bodies and their families.

Join us in protecting women's lives and women's futures.

 

Women Have Options Brochure