CARLA addresses medical, financial, and logistical barriers to streamline access to hospital-based abortion care.
CARLA is a collaboration between the Chicago Abortion Fund and four hospitals offering tertiary abortion care– Rush University Medical Center, UI Health (University of Illinois Chicago), Northwestern Medicine, and the University of Chicago Medicine.
Pregnant people with complex medical needs face special barriers to accessing abortion care.
CARLA is a provider referral line that provides confidential patient navigation for patients requiring complex abortion care in Illinois. The CARLA program aims to reduce stress, confusion, and delay, and to ensure that every patient receives their abortion in a safe, compassionate, and timely manner.
