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Nina Shapiro

She secretly traveled 2,000 miles for her abortion. Why patients from the South are coming to Washington state

SEATTLE — The Texas woman's apartment has thin walls. Could neighbors hear her talking about her imminent flight to Washington for an abortion? Or could data from her phone be tracked, revealing she had searched for a way to end her pregnancy?

"And then, like, all of a sudden somebody shows up at my door."

"Maybe that's a little bit extreme," the woman, who agreed to be identified only by the initial A., said of her imagined scenario. "But also, maybe nooot?" She drew out the word as she considered the question aloud.

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