Posted on Jul 25, 2022
Traveling for abortion care was on the rise even before Roe was overturned, data shows
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Well before the Supreme Court ruled in June to overturn Roe v. Wade, 9% of abortions in the U.S. were obtained by people who had to travel out of state, according to data released Thursday by the Guttmacher Institute, a policy organization that supports abortion rights.
That number -- nearly 1 in 10 abortions in the U.S. -- is up from 6% in 2011, an increase that occurred at the same time as more states passed abortion restrictions, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
Now, with the power to decide abortion access returned to the states by the Supreme Court, abortion rights advocates say the number of women forced to travel for abortion care is already growing.
Amanda Carlson, director of The Cobalt Abortion Fund, which provides financial assistance to people traveling for abortion care, said in the days following the Supreme Court's decision, the fund helped more than 50 people travel to Colorado for abortion care.
In all of 2021, the fund helped 34 people travel, according to Carlson.
That number -- nearly 1 in 10 abortions in the U.S. -- is up from 6% in 2011, an increase that occurred at the same time as more states passed abortion restrictions, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
Now, with the power to decide abortion access returned to the states by the Supreme Court, abortion rights advocates say the number of women forced to travel for abortion care is already growing.
Amanda Carlson, director of The Cobalt Abortion Fund, which provides financial assistance to people traveling for abortion care, said in the days following the Supreme Court's decision, the fund helped more than 50 people travel to Colorado for abortion care.
In all of 2021, the fund helped 34 people travel, according to Carlson.
Traveling for abortion care was on the rise even before Roe was overturned, data shows
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The clinic, which was at the center of the Supreme Court case that led to Roe's reversal, plans to reopen in Las Cruces, New Mexico, after Mississippi's so-called trigger law went into effect earlier this month, banning nearly all abortions.
"This is today in this country," Diane Derzis, owner of the clinic, told ABC News this month. "Mississippi is the past, and the future is moving on to where women have an option."
..."The clinic, which was at the center of the Supreme Court case that led to Roe's reversal, plans to reopen in Las Cruces, New Mexico, after Mississippi's so-called trigger law went into effect earlier this month, banning nearly all abortions.
"This is today in this country," Diane Derzis, owner of the clinic, told ABC News this month. "Mississippi is the past, and the future is moving on to where women have an option."
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CPL Linda B.
I would say that Diane does saying that the future is moving forward on to where women have an option is not true if you've taken away their choice to have a baby or not you have not increase your options you've taken them away and now it can only lead to disaster and people having kids they don't want or people trying to have a miscarriage on their own it's going to be a bloody mess I say that because there's no clinic for people to go to for help I know this is a touchy subject. I'm just trying to give another view of it that people may have forgotten about that women did before abortion was legalized
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CPL Linda B. - I'm all for women having "their" choice. Hopefully Congress can get a bill "codified" so the SCOTUS can't touch it. Thanks for your comments.
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