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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

The pilots flying passengers across US state lines for abortions

The effort to connect volunteer pilots with patients is led by Elevated Access, a non-profit organization based out of Illinois.
The effort to connect volunteer pilots with patients is led by Elevated Access, a non-profit organization based out of Illinois. Photograph: Mike Bohlmann/Elevated Access

All Steven knew was what time and where. A part-time pilot from the Chicago area, he was picking up a total stranger in his single-engine plane, a passenger who needed to fly more than a thousand miles, across state lines, from the midwest to the east coast.

“Within 15, 20 minutes of arriving and meeting the person, we were in the plane and I got the engine fired up, ready to go,” he said.

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