![]() The GoFundMe campaign reads, “Bailey is currently unemployed, completely broke, in debt, and in no position to hold down a job due to sever symptoms of a rough, unplanned and unexpected pregnancy. Aside from having no desire to raise a child, she is economically unstable and can barely afford to support herself, which means having enough money to pay rent, smoke cigarettes, drink rockstar, support her friends in prison, and if she’s really busted her a**, maybe go to a show or two.”
When asked why she turned to GoFundMe for her abortion, Bailey noted, “We’re broke kids who really need to have this abortion, and you see crowdsourcing for all kinds of things. You see it for things like, ‘Help me press this record!’ or ‘Help me pay my rent!’ We saw that Kickstarter that made a bunch of money for the potato salad thing. If people want to donate they can, which is a lot easier than going and asking people.” GoFundMe then decided to take down the campaign and emailed Bailey stating that it would rather “not be associated” with her pro-choice situation. The platform’s explanation reads:
Although hours later, it was revealed to Bailey in a separate email that she would receive the funds from her campaign after all, in which it stated, “removal of your account will not affect any of these withdrawals, but your campaign can no longer be held on GoFundMe.” Posted from : http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2014/09/50101-abortion-crowdfunding-organizer-reveals-take-down-request-from-gofundme/ |