Financial Assistance
There are multiple funding resources/agencies available to help reduce your fees. However, NO abortion fund will pay for the entire fee - all funding agencies expect that patients come up with a portion of their fee on their own. RRWC staff can usually help you navigate all funding resources when you make your appointment, reducing your need to make multiple phone calls to different resources.
Patients can sometimes turn to family and friends for financial assistance - $25 from 4 friends easily adds up to $100!
Patients from North Dakota, South Dakota & Minnesota
If you are a patient living in North Dakota, South Dakota or Minnesota there is financial assistance available that is based on your income, family size and need. You will automatically be asked if you want to see if you qualify for this funding when you make your appointment. It only takes RRWC staff about 1-2 minutes to tell you if you have qualified for the funding. If you qualify, your fee will be asked to pay 70% of the fee. ($700 first trimester fee = $500 with funding).
Minnesota Medical Assistance/MN Care
Patients who are covered on Minnesota Medical Assistance or Minnesota Care do not need to pay a fee - we will bill these programs for you. This includes the abortion fee, STI testing & birth control fees.
Please have your Recipient ID, or social security number when you call us so that we can verify your coverage.
North Dakota Medicaid
Patients who are covered on North Dakota Medicaid or the Medicaid Expansion plan can have the following services paid for:
Depo-Provera shot ($90)
IUD - either ParaGard or Mirena ($1750)
Nexplanon ($1750)
Chlamydia/Gonorrhea test ($15)
Please have your ND Medicaid ID # when you call us so that we can verify your coverage.
ND Medicaid covers abortion in the case of rape, incest or if continuing the pregnancy would endanger your life or health. If you think one of these applies to you, please let our staff know when you make your appointment. Life or health endangerment cases need to be referred by your primary care provider. Red River Women's Clinic cannot make this determination.
Patients in South Dakota
605-338-3350
Instructions: If you live in South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska or North Dakota, or if you are traveling to a clinic in one of these states for an abortion, the South Dakota Access for Every Woman Fund may be able to help you.
Make your appointment at an abortion clinic first, and then call the phone number above. Leave a message with your name, number, and date of your appointment, and someone will call you back. The number is a residential number, so please do not call at night.
Prairie Abortion Fund (formerly ND WIN Fund)
The Prairie Abortion Fund provides limited financial assistance available based on your income, family size and need. RRWC staff can assess if you are eligible for PAF Fund assistance when you make your appointment.
Indigenous Patients
There is a fund exclusively for Indigenous/Native patients called Indigenous Women Rising (IWR). You can learn more or apply for their funding by clicking this link: IWR
Iowa Patients
There is a fund exclusively for Iowa Patients - please contact the Chicago Abortion Fund, which handles all funding applications for Iowa patients here: https://www.chicagoabortionfund.org/helpline
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- Red River Women's Clinic Patient