A Colorado-based abortion fund has increased its spending on patient assistance more than tenfold since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, according to data released Wednesday.
The Cobalt Abortion Fund reported spending more than $2.4 million in 2025 to help women pay for abortion procedures and associated support, such as travel and lodging. In 2021, the last full year before the Supreme Court overturned Roe, ending its establishment of constitutional protections for abortion, the fund spent about $207,000 on those services.
In all, the fund paid for nearly 4,000 abortions and provided extra support to about 1,100 patients, its leaders said Wednesday. The fund was started by Cobalt, an abortion rights advocacy group.
Nearly 40% of the $1.74 million spent on abortion procedures last year went to help Texans, according to Cobalt — second only to Coloradans, who received about 48% of that money. Texans also accounted for 86% of the $665,000 that went to support those receiving the procedure.
Texas has some of the strictest antiabortion laws in the country, while Colorado has some of the most protective state laws.
The money spent by the fund was all privately raised from individuals and foundations. Most donors, whether individuals or foundations, have Colorado ties, Cobalt President Karen Middleton said. She attributed the increase to strict antiabortion laws in other states.
“Colorado is in a really unique position to say we can help,” Middleton said. “But the disaster that is this loss of care for so many people cannot be overstated.”
Colorado and Texas have taken opposite paths on abortion care and access.
The year before the Supreme Court overturned Roe, the Texas legislature passed a ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy, a period before many women know they’re pregnant. The state has also sought to clamp down on pills that induce abortion, including with so-called bounty hunter provisions that allow unrelated individuals to sue any person or entity that helps people obtain those pills.
Colorado voters in 2024 approved Amendment 79, which enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution. The legislature in 2025 also expanded the state’s shield law to protect providers and patients
Cobalt Abortion Fund Director Melisa Hidalgo-Cuellar said the cost for care is rising only because of how many patients need to travel and because restrictions on abortions make it harder for people to get timely care.
“The need is still there,” Hidalgo-Cuellar said. “People still need this essential health care. People are just forced to travel outside of their states to receive this essential health care.”
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