Twitch streamer Hasan Piker donates to Texas abortion rights nonprofit
Hasan Piker tweeted the night of Monday, May 2 that he has donated $2,581 to Frontera Fund, a nonprofit that funds women’s efforts in the Rio Grande Valley and South Texas to gain access to reproductive health services including abortions. He made the donation hours after a draft opinion from Justice Samuel Alito saying the Supreme Court plans to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Piker, who goes by HasanAbi on Twitch, said when he went live Tuesday, May 3 that he plans to do a fundraising stream soon that will benefit both Frontera Fund and the Texas Equal Access Fund with more organizations possibly added to the list.
Piker’s community has been known to raise funds for multiple cause, including a recent fundraiser for Ukraine aid where he raised $226,277.64. He matched the first $25,000 and donated additional $10 every time his character died in the notoriously difficult video game, Elden Ring.
Pro-choice activists took to the front of the Supreme Court building on Tuesday to protest plans to overturn Roe v. Wade
Win McNamee/Getty ImagesAlexis Bay, board director with Frontera Fund, said that donating to all local abortion funds and reproductive rights nonprofits in Texas is key if Roe is struck down.
“We want folks to volunteer and donate to the fund, but also to support one of our local partners,” Bay says. “We also want to uplift that work because that is another form of things that people can help when dealing with all of these attacks on reproductive justice.”
She directs people to the National Network of Abortion Funds, which can direct you to your nearest abortion fund.
MySA is also listing some of those Texas abortion funds and nonprofits here.
This nonprofit is the the oldest abortion fund in Texas, serving the central and southern regions including San Antonio and Austin.
Avow Texas is a nonprofit that uses its resources to fight anti-abortion government and extremist policies at every level.
South Texans for Reproductive Justice
The grass roots organization provided free Plan B pills to many South Texas counties.
Fund Texas Choice also helps fund abortion care for women while also providing travel and accommodations for those women.
The Afiya Center in Dallas has numerous programs dedicated to advocating reproductive justice among Black women in Texas and across the nation.
This fund provides financial support for women seeking abortion care at four Whole Woman’s Health clinics across Texas.