One of the most recognized barriers to abortion care is needing to raise the money to pay for the abortion and cover expenses associated with travel. This is particularly true for abortions at the end of or beyond the second trimester of pregnancy when the price of abortion rises and the locations for care are ...Read more >

The Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturned Roe v Wade in June 2022. Yet, despite the absence of the Roe framework, the “viability” standard remains in some state laws and is used by many abortion providers as the cut off for the services they offer. For years, abortion providers have routinely operationalized “viability” ...Read more >

New York State laws have historically been supportive of abortion, and permitted its provision since 1970. The state’s Reproductive Health Act of 2019 allows abortion for any reason as long as the pregnancy has existed for less than 24 weeks and later ‘when necessary to protect a patient’s life or health.’ Even with these supports ...Read more >

Accessing abortion has always been over-regulated and unnecessarily difficult, particularly for marginalized individuals, including young people and those residing in the South and Midwest. Now, the pathway to care has become even more arduous and complicated, forcing many to obtain care further into a pregnancy as they navigate the additional financial and logistical barriers that ...Read more >

Most abortion care occurs through 2 pathways: independent clinics and Planned Parenthood affiliates. A minority of care occurs in hospital systems, most often academic centers. Recently, these 3 pathways have been portrayed as having fraught and competitive relationships, particularly in light of differing approaches to abortion restrictions post-Dobbs (1-3). All 3 pathways exist in Portland, ...Read more >

People need abortion care throughout pregnancy. Most abortions take place in the first trimester, but there is a persistent and irreducible need for abortion care after 13 weeks. Research shows that later abortion seekers encounter formidable barriers to care, particularly related to paying for abortion, and that abortion funds have long played a key role ...Read more >

On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization that the US. Constitution does not confer the right to abortion. As of August 2023, 14 states, including Louisiana, have enacted total bans on abortion, and one in three pregnancy-capable people must now travel ...Read more >

Access to abortion in the second and third trimester of pregnancy has become increasingly complex since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in June 2022. With even fewer facilities offering later abortion services and more dispersed across the country than before, pregnant people are faced with traveling considerably farther distances for an abortion. Yet the specific ...Read more >

In 2022, Georgia enacted a law that bans most abortions in the state after approximately six weeks. This law contains exceptions for “medical emergency” and “medically futile pregnancy.” Clinicians in Georgia and other states have struggled to navigate exceptions, which often create confusion and uncertainty. These exceptions raise questions such as what risk of death ...Read more >

On June 24, 2022 the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization reversed the constitutional right to abortion previously protected under Roe v Wade. As a result, there is mounting concern that patients diagnosed with PAC in states with restricted access to abortions will not have the option in to terminate their ...Read more >