AXIOS June 24, 2024
Adriel Bettelheim,Simran Parwani

State abortion bans enacted in the two years since Roe v. Wade was overturned have left residents of nearly a quarter of U.S. counties having to travel more than 200 miles to find an abortion provider, according to a Middlebury College tracker.

Why it matters: The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision left a patchwork of abortion access that poses heightened logistical and financial challenges for patients seeking care in clinics, many of whom come from areas with lower incomes and more diverse populations.

  • More than 171,000 patients traveled out of state for abortions last year, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.

By the numbers: As of this month, residents in 712 (22.7%) counties...

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