OPINION (Christian News Network) – A national abortion organization that is currently led by an Episcopal priest has announced that it has launched a program to work with member abortion facilities to make pre-paid gas cards available to mothers who must travel a distance to have their unborn child murdered. “The cost of the actual abortion procedure is only one expense women must manage when they need an abortion,” the National Abortion Federation (NAF) wrote in a press release on Wednesday. “Since there are a limited number of providers and states continue to impose additional restrictions, many women have to travel long distances to reach the closest provider who can help them.” Through its already existing Dr. Tiller Patient Assistance Fund —
named after the late Kansas abortionist George Tiller, who ran a late-term abortion practice and was notoriously known as “Tiller the Killer,” the NAF will begin by providing the gas cards to a few member abortion facilities where mothers particularly are known to travel or where more than one appointment is required by law. “Whether it’s having to drive longer distances or struggling just to get across town for multiple state-mandated appointments, paying for both their procedure and the gas it takes to get to their appointments can be an insurmountable barrier for too many women seeking abortion care,” Katherine Ragsdale, a lesbian Episcopal priest and former president of Episcopal Divinity School who is serving as interim president of NAF, said in a statement. READ MORE