@jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • 16 days agoWho Could Have Predicted This? Over 170,000 People Traveled Out-of-State for Abortion in 2023www.jezebel.commessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1326
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minus-square@jeffw@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink4•16 days agoI doubt it. Plus, the population has increased so much since then that the numbers are undoubtedly smaller. I’ve heard pre-Roe stories of docs and nurses running illegal clinics after hours where they kept no records. So that complicates things.
minus-square@CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•15 days agoYeah, I was assuming if there were any kind of data, it could be extrapolated from somewhat in order to predict how many people would be traveling and roughly how far, given: As you point out, different population sizes pre-Roe vs. now. Where the free states are now vs. pre-Roe.
I doubt it. Plus, the population has increased so much since then that the numbers are undoubtedly smaller.
I’ve heard pre-Roe stories of docs and nurses running illegal clinics after hours where they kept no records. So that complicates things.
Yeah, I was assuming if there were any kind of data, it could be extrapolated from somewhat in order to predict how many people would be traveling and roughly how far, given: