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Gretchen E. Ely, Professor of Social Work, University of Tennessee

Abortion funds may not be able to keep up with rising demands, as more people travel out of state for the procedure

A sign reads 'I'm on your side' outside the Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, La., in April 2022. Francois Picard/AFP via Getty Images

Abortion providers in places like Pennsylvania and California are seeing an uptick in abortion patients traveling from other states, where the procedure is now banned or restricted.

The cost of getting an abortion is rising for many of these patients, as people may need to travel farther to one of the 28 states, or to Washington, D.C., where abortion – at least for now – remains legal.

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