Posted on Apr 16, 2023
Out-of-staters are flocking to places where abortions are easier to get
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When Mara Pliskin started working at Planned Parenthood Illinois, she didn't expect to feel like a travel agent.
Now, the abortion navigation program manager and her co-workers joke that that's half the job — booking flight, train and bus tickets for out-of-state abortion seekers, arranging hotel stays and giving them money for food and gas.
"We're being as creative as possible to really just work with every individual patient to resolve all those barriers that might stand in the way between making their decision and getting to our door," she said.
What Pliskin and her colleagues face isn't unusual.
Even before Roe v. Wade was overturned last June, almost 10% of patients seeking abortions traveled out of state. But since the Supreme Court's decision, providers in some so-called "sanctuary" states where abortion access is protected are seeing record high out-of-state demand.
In Colorado, preliminary numbers show more than twice as many people from other states came for an abortion in 2022 compared to 2021.
When Mara Pliskin started working at Planned Parenthood Illinois, she didn't expect to feel like a travel agent.
Now, the abortion navigation program manager and her co-workers joke that that's half the job — booking flight, train and bus tickets for out-of-state abortion seekers, arranging hotel stays and giving them money for food and gas.
"We're being as creative as possible to really just work with every individual patient to resolve all those barriers that might stand in the way between making their decision and getting to our door," she said.
What Pliskin and her colleagues face isn't unusual.
Even before Roe v. Wade was overturned last June, almost 10% of patients seeking abortions traveled out of state. But since the Supreme Court's decision, providers in some so-called "sanctuary" states where abortion access is protected are seeing record high out-of-state demand.
In Colorado, preliminary numbers show more than twice as many people from other states came for an abortion in 2022 compared to 2021.
Out-of-staters are flocking to places where abortions are easier to get
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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..."An emerging "migratory pattern": Getting to a clinic in the post-Roe era
When Mansanares pulls into the parking lot at work each morning in Denver, she's greeted by abortion seekers sleeping in their trucks.
Usually, the travelers have Texas license plates.
Dallas to Denver is at least a 12-hour drive. Cities like Austin, Houston and San Antonio are even further.
"It's like, 'Oh my gosh, hi, do you need blankets?' " Mansanares said. "They're [like] refugees. They're seeking care and having to drive through the night to do that."
One of the couples, she said, drove 17 hours to get there, leaving their cellphones behind for fear of being tracked and criminalized.
"I can't even drive to my kid's school without my phone," Mansanares said. "I can't imagine driving 17 hours to go to a [clinic you've] never been to. ... And when they arrive they have no phone. They are so fearful that they are going to be arrested, that they're doing something wrong."...
..."An emerging "migratory pattern": Getting to a clinic in the post-Roe era
When Mansanares pulls into the parking lot at work each morning in Denver, she's greeted by abortion seekers sleeping in their trucks.
Usually, the travelers have Texas license plates.
Dallas to Denver is at least a 12-hour drive. Cities like Austin, Houston and San Antonio are even further.
"It's like, 'Oh my gosh, hi, do you need blankets?' " Mansanares said. "They're [like] refugees. They're seeking care and having to drive through the night to do that."
One of the couples, she said, drove 17 hours to get there, leaving their cellphones behind for fear of being tracked and criminalized.
"I can't even drive to my kid's school without my phone," Mansanares said. "I can't imagine driving 17 hours to go to a [clinic you've] never been to. ... And when they arrive they have no phone. They are so fearful that they are going to be arrested, that they're doing something wrong."...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT (Join to see) Thank God! There are still States in this Country where the Christian Taliban hasn't removed Womens Bodily Autonomy!
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The right to control one's personal decisions in regards to healthcare without government infringing on it would seem commonsense. As long as one's choices doesn't hurt other people. And no, the object at 6 weeks isn't a person.
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