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Latinas travel the farthest to access abortion services in the U.S. compared to other groups, study reveals

Abortion rights activists rally in front of the US Supreme Court in March 2024. (Credit: Drew Angerer/AFP)

Latinas are the demographic that need to drive the farthest to get an abortion in the United States, according to a report by the Center for American Progress.

Districts with high shares of Hispanic women —defined as areas where those groups constitute more than 25 percent of all reproductive-age women— had an average driving time of two hours to get to an abortion clinic in states without restrictive bans, the study showed.

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