In April, after news that Florida's six-week abortion ban was due to take effect May 1 of this year, the DC Abortion Fund had 13 patients travel from the Sunshine State. So far this year, before news broke about the six-week ban, they saw just 21 patients from Florida. Jade Hurley, the communications manager at the DC Fund, told Salon the increase was notable and foreshadowed what’s to come as Florida’s near-total abortion ban goes into effect this week.
“This hit to abortion access is really going to impact us and I really can't promise that we're going to be able to help everyone, which is really tough,” Hurley told Salon. “A lot of times when people are traveling for their abortion procedures, it's not necessarily that they're like hopping on a plane; it’s that they're driving across state lines, from state to state, often to find a place with an appointment within their timeline.”
