A new study confirms a rise in travelers from states as far away as Texas, Louisiana, Florida, and Georgia visiting Massachusetts to seek abortion care since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in June 2022.
In addition to the estimated 37 percent increase in residents outside Massachusetts seeking abortion care here, investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital found nonprofit funding covering costs for out-of-state patients more than doubled. Results are published in JAMA Network Open.
“Before Dobbs, there was conjecture that certain states would get all the interstate traveling patients based on geographic proximity to states with complete abortion bans,” said corresponding author Elizabeth Janiak of the Division of Family Planning at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. “After Dobbs, we set out to understand how many out-of-state travelers come to Massachusetts for abortion care, and how they cover the cost of care.”
What a sad state this country is coming to. We deserve affordable access to safe healthcare. Abortion is healthcare!
People deserve what they vote for. And unfortunately this is what a lot of Americans want.
The general public doesn’t vote in the supreme justices, who were the ones that decided to abolish roe v wade. Trump put in 3 justices to the Supreme Court. What we fail to recognize is the long game the extreme conservatives have been playing for decades now to have these policies removed or passed. When it comes to people voting for Trump, numerous reports have stated how during the 2016 election Trump lost the popular vote and became President due to the electoral college voting him in. This also doesn’t consider the very real issue of voter suppression and Gerrymandering in the US.
This is the truth of it. A lot of people simply don’t vote, especially young people. So the old conservative times have more power, because they do vote.
I’m in my 30s but half the people I know love to complain, but won’t ever vote. Because it’s inconvenient for them.
Over 90 million eligible voters didn’t turn up in 2016. 90,000,000. 42%
This is what they voted for.
Liberals won the popular vote in 6 of the past 7 elections. This isn’t what they voted for.
The GOP has lost the popular vote in 6 of the past 7 elections. These people don’t have popular support, just a logistical advantage.
Way less people want this than this comment implies.. 73% of Americans support abortion early, and it gets a little foggier the further you go.
Republicans just have rigged things so that it requires much more effort to defeat their bullshit.
Remember, only the people wealthy enough to take the time and spend the money traveling can do this. Abortion is next to impossible in some states now if you’re below a certain wealth line.
The scary part is that, for those desperate enough…. They’ll find a way. Prohibiting abortion doesn’t stop it. Just makes it far less safe.
They’ll find a way- if they survive.
Not a huge surge in Mass as one might think.
Data recently released shows thousands more abortions in Illinoos and New Mexico, compared to previous years.
Notably, when data were stratified by state of residence, there was a 37.5 percent increase in the number of out-of-state residents, which is about 45 additional abortions.
