Cobalt Abortion Fund Releases 2025 Data Report

Denver – Today, Cobalt Advocates and Cobalt Abortion Fund released its final 2025 data report. The report includes aggregate data, trendlines, and overall spending to support Cobalt Abortion Fund clients from Colorado and other states in 2025.

According to Cobalt President Karen Middleton, “What the data shows is that Cobalt Abortion Fund continues to play a critical role in health care access in a post-Dobbs Colorado. We have done the work to establish a policy framework for care with legislation and Amendment 79, but gaps still remain. Our challenge is to continue to address those gaps and barriers to care and ensure anyone who needs an abortion can get one.”

And according to Cobalt Abortion Fund Director, Melisa Hidalgo-Cuellar, “Abortion seekers reach out to Cobalt Abortion Fund because they know and trust that they can access the healthcare they need with our assistance. And we must continue to provide and expand our client-centered support.”

Cobalt Abortion Fund supports abortion seekers in two ways: financial assistance to pay for the abortion care itself and practical support, the assistance an abortion seeker needs to access abortion care, such as lodging and transportation.

In 2025, Cobalt Abortion Fund spent just over $2.4 million. Additional 2025 Statistics to note:

• 86% of clients that received Practical Support from Cobalt Abortion Fund were Texas residents

• 45% of clients that received Procedural Funding from Cobalt Abortion Fund were Colorado residents

• 34.6% of clients that received Procedural Funding from Cobalt Abortion Fund were Texas residents

• Procedure Funding increased by 84% from 2024 to 2025

• Cobalt Abortion Fund saw a 1064% increase in spending for abortion seekers accessing care from 2021 to 2025

A snapshot over the past five years:

Client demand and financial outlays for the Cobalt Abortion Fund sharply increased in the fall of 2021, as Texas’ SB 8 abortion ban took effect in September of that year. The need escalated after the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v Wade in June, 2022.

Cobalt Abortion Fund will continue to adapt to client needs as Colorado establishes a model for abortion access post-Dobbs with the implementation of Amendment 79 and public insurance coverage for abortion care.

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Cobalt is a grassroots, statewide Colorado organization that advances abortion access and reproductive rights. Our organization began in 1967 when Colorado became the first state to allow safe, legal abortion. Cobalt believes nothing should stand between you and your health decisions, which is why we are dedicated to fighting for systems, structures and policies that protect reproductive rights and guarantee comprehensive, universal access to reproductive healthcare, including abortion.