Some 171,300 patients traveled out-of-state for abortions last year, new data estimates from the Guttmacher Institute show. State abortion bans that took effect in the post-Roe era have severely curbed access to reproductive care across the U.S.
More than one million clinician-provided abortions took place in states without a total ban in 2023 — the first full year after Roe v. Wade was overturned. That’s the highest number in more than a decade.
Out-of-state travel for abortions, including for the procedure or to obtain abortion pills, more than doubled from 2020 to 2023.
Keep voting Republican and that number will go up.
Until it abruptly hits zero
My neighbor has a yard sign along the lines of “Roe vs Wade didn’t start abortions, it just made them safe.” And it’s in the shape of a coat hanger.
I’m not a demographic that has to worry about pregnancy but that hit me hard.
It won’t hit zero. It just won’t have any more reporting.