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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Claire Wang in Los Angeles

Frontline abortion workers in the US west are fatigued. Midterm results may make things worse

Pro-choice activists protest in front of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver, Colorado,in June 2022.
Pro-choice activists protest in front of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver, Colorado,in June 2022. Photograph: Jason Connolly/AFP/Getty Images

States across the western US have seen a surge in women traveling for days and spending thousands of dollars to access abortion care in the five months since the supreme court overtuned Roe v Wade.

Providers and advocates are coping with the influx through a patchwork of groups providing financial and practical assistance to patients from the south, midwest and south-west, where more than a dozen states have banned or restricted abortion access.

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