27, Farm Worker
Grant County, WA
An undocumented immigrant who recently arrived in Washington, Araceli is set to begin a seasonal position on a farm in Grant County. Before her first day, she learns she is seven weeks pregnant.
When she moved to Washington, her partner stayed behind in California, and the two of them had not planned on starting a family for a few more years.
Because she doesn’t have a stable income, Araceli doesn’t know how she’ll pay for her procedure or the travel to a clinic from the rural area where she lives and works.
A woman she lives with tells Araceli to visit a mobile medical clinic that stops in a nearby town once a week.
At the mobile clinic, Araceli enrolls in Apple Health (Washington state’s version of Medicaid) and gets information for the Northwest Abortion Access Fund (NWAAF).
Araceli makes an abortion appointment with the Planned Parenthood in Wenatchee, then calls the NWAAF Helpline to see if they can help with her travel.
NWAAF offers support with travel logistics related to her abortion appointment but Araceli is fearful she’ll lose her job when she takes off the extra time off for her aftercare.
A volunteer drives her to and from her abortion appointment but when she gets home, Araceli learns her job was given to someone else.
Araceli is devastated that she had to get an abortion alone without her partner and from losing her job. She finds herself struggling emotionally.
When the mobile clinic arrives in town again, a community health worker offers Araceli a copy of the Abortion Resolution Workbook in Spanish. Araceli reads through the guide and starts to work on healing from her experience.

Resources for Araceli
You don’t have to be a US citizen to receive abortion care in Washington State. Learn about your right to access abortion care as an immigrant, regardless of your legal status.
If you need assistance funding your abortion care and/or travel logistics, contact the Northwest Abortion Access Fund (NWAAF) hotline at 1-866-NWAAF10 (1-866-692-2310).
Anyone, regardless of immigration status can receive health coverage through Washington Healthplanfinder. This includes Apple Health for Pregnant Individuals and After-Pregnancy Coverage.
Your immigration status is only used for coverage eligibility, and not for immigration enforcement.
The Pregnancy Options Workbook and Abortion Resolution Workbook are available in both English and Spanish.

