‘There’s no place to go’: providers see more abortions later in pregnancy as bans spread in US

An exam room is seen inside a Planned Parenthood clinic on 10 March 2023. Photograph: Jeff Roberson/AP

Providers are seeing more patients in need of abortions later in pregnancy as abortion bans and restrictions proliferate in US states, all while access to insurance falls.

Those bans and restrictions have also meant that later abortion care access has grown over the past decade in a handful of haven states and cities.