The highly restrictive abortion ban that went into effect in Texas on Wednesday will force tens of thousands of people who need the procedure to travel outside the state for care. For many of them, that journey will be prohibitively expensive.

Traveling out of state for an abortion, which any Texan who needs one after six weeks of pregnancy now must do, adds hundreds of dollars to a procedure that already cost up to $1,500. In Texas, neither public nor private insurers may cover abortions, forcing people to pay out of pocket for the procedure unless theyve purchased a separate abortion insurance policy.

Fund Texas Choice (FTC), a group founded in 2013 to raise money to help Texans with abortion-related travel costs, is preparing to meet a surge in demand for out-of-state travel help now that the Texas ban has gone into effect.

If someone cant afford their abortion, they cant get to their abortion, the organizations co-executive director Anna Rupani said Wednesday. Last year, FTC helped 330 patients with the costs of transportation, lodging, food, medication and child care, she said, alongside assistance with logistics, such as finding and booking appointments. As of July of this year, FTC had already helped 270 patients.

While abortion travel costs within the state average $300, Rupani said, out-of-state trips typically run at least $800.