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142,000 Women Crossed State Lines for Abortions in 2025: Journey Got Harder and Costlier After Bans

In 2025, women seeking abortions face longer travel times and costs due to state bans. Here's how restrictions impact access and the role of telehealth in providing solutions.

International Business Times UK · Aug 21

Federal Grant Cuts End Funding for Dozens of Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs

HHS canceled 53 Teen Pregnancy Prevention grants worth about $68 million, two years early, and rewrote the criteria for replacements.

Medical Daily · Aug 10

States with bans are working hard to fight telehealth-prescribed abortion pills

Multiple states are challenging the federal rules that allow mifepristone to be prescribed via telehealth

The Independent UK · Mar 24

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Abortion pills are gaining ground as a method for ending pregnancies, and opponents are responding

Lawmakers in states where abortion is already banned are focusing on measures intended to crack down on abortion pills

The Independent UK · Mar 24

Tens of thousands of women forced to travel out of state for abortion care after Roe v Wade was overturned in 2022

More than 325,000 abortion patients were forced to leave their home state for legal care in the years after the decision

The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2025

New figures shed light on US abortion travel as Trump cuts tracking research

Guttmacher report finds 155,000 people crossed state lines for procedure – double number who did so before Roe’s fall

The Guardian - US · Apr 20, 2025

Study finds more people are obtaining abortions but fewer are traveling to other states for it

A new study has found that fewer people crossed state lines for abortions in 2024 than the previous year

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2025

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States should scale back abortion reporting demands, advocacy group says

An advocacy group says it's time for states to stop requiring abortion providers to file reports for every abortion

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025

Abortions are down under Florida's 6-week ban but not by as much as in other states, study says

The number of abortions in Florida dropped after the state's ban on them after sixth week of pregnancy took effect in May

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2024

‘Meet Baby Olivia’: spate of new bills would require showing anti-abortion video in schools

Video of fetus in disembodied womb required viewing for students in two states, as classroom becomes latest front in post-Roe abortion wars

The Guardian - US · May 21, 2024

How Florida and Arizona Supreme Court rulings change the abortion access map

How far do women have to travel to access abortion care? An economics professor has been tracking that data since 2009. Interactive maps show how access has changed dramatically since 2021.

WEKU · Apr 11, 2024

Abortions sharply increase in US despite bans in Republican-led states

More than 1m abortions performed in 2023, a 10% increase from 2020, according to Guttmacher Institute

The Guardian - US · Mar 19, 2024

Despite bans in some states, more than a million abortions were provided in 2023

That's the highest number in more than a decade, according to new research. Medication abortion made up a larger share of the total than in 2020.

WEKU · Mar 19, 2024

Abortion clinics saw record surge in out-of-state patients post-Roe, report says

One in five patients crossed state lines to obtain an abortion in 2023, compared to one in 10 patients in 2020

The Guardian - US · Dec 7, 2023

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Reason · Sep 15, 2023

Interstate Travel to Get Abortions has Prevented the Dobbs Decision from Significantly Reducing the Number of Abortions in the US

Some estimates suggest the number of abortions has even increased.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 12, 2023

As abortions keep rising in Illinois, support for women seeking care is more important than ever

Illinois experienced a 70% increase in abortions this year, the Guttmacher Institute found. Money, volunteers and other support for abortion providers is critical.

WEKU · Sep 7, 2023

New state abortion numbers show increases in some surprising places

What happened to abortion numbers since Roe v. Wade fell? The Guttmacher Institute has new state-by-state numbers that show people are traveling for the procedure.

The Guardian - US · Oct 6, 2022

Over 60 clinics in 15 US states have stopped offering abortions, study finds

Supreme court’s overruling of Roe v Wade prompted bans of most abortions in more than a dozen states

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Axios · Oct 6, 2022

66 clinics stopped offering abortions after Roe was overturned

Over 80% of clinics in anti-abortion states have stopped offering abortions.

WEKU · Oct 6, 2022

66 clinics stopped providing abortions in the 100 days since Roe fell

A new report assessed the impact of laws in the 15 states that have banned or heavily restricted abortion since June 24.

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022

At least 66 US clinics have halted abortions, institute says

At least 66 clinics have stopped providing abortions in 15 states since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade

WEKU · Jul 21, 2022

Even before the Dobbs ruling, more Americans were traveling for abortions

A report from the Guttmacher Institute finds that state abortion restrictions do not necessarily correlate to a lower abortion rate, as more patients travel out of state.

Roll Call · Jun 24, 2022

Advocates mobilize as abortion bans take effect - Roll Call

The impact of the Supreme Court’s decision was immediate: By afternoon, at least eight states had banned abortion with limited exceptions.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 24, 2022

Where is abortion legal? In red states, women navigate a chaotic abortion landscape

ATLANTA — The impact was immediate: the moment the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, Robin Marty, the operations director of the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, told nurses, desk staff and a doctor on Friday they could no longer provide abortions.

The Guardian - US · Jun 18, 2022

Workers at US abortion rights groups seek unions to prepare for post-Roe care

Clinic employees say more staffing and resources will be needed to manage an expected influx of out-of-state patients

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