The largest gift from a single donor in the history of the organization was made by MacKenzie Scott.
The donation from Scott, who received a 4% stake in Amazon in her divorce settlement with founder Jeff Bezos, comes at a crucial time. Conservative lawmakers are rushing to pass anti-abortion legislation in order to get it passed before the Supreme Court overturns Wade.
Texas banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and more than 100 abortion restrictions were enacted in other states, according to the Guttmacher Institute. More than 500 abortion restrictions have been introduced this year.
The Supreme Court's ruling in the Jackson Women's Health Organization case could have nationwide consequences this year. If the court rules in favor of Mississippi, more anti-abortion states could ban abortion altogether.
Scott donated $20 million to 21 affiliates, including the one that received a donation from PPRM. The money will be used to give employees a raise and upgrade their physical location, according to the president and CEO of the organization.
She said that patients were traveling hundreds of miles to get care at the clinics. One in three patients in the New Mexico center are from Texas.
Mansanares said Scott's donation was an incredible gift, but that the challenges and attacks against reproductive healthcare can't be solved by just one large gift.
We're hoping this will inspire other donors to continue with their generosity because we need a large community of donors to fund the organization.
According to a statement from the president and CEO of the organization, Scott's donation would help eliminate racial and structural barriers since Black women had higher rates of maternal mortality and STDs.
By starting with the Black health experience in partnership with local communities, we see this as an opportunity to not only improve health outcomes for Black patients, but to transform how all patients, especially those of color and those in rural and low income communities, experience our health care.
In a Medium post Wednesday, Scott said that only a tiny fraction of global humanitarian assistance goes to organizations focused on the disproportionate.
Scott wrote that the aim was to support the needs of underrepresented people from all kinds.
Scott gave $436 million to Habitat for Humanity. A total of 465 nonprofits have been given away by her this year.
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