The Dobbs decision catalyzed a profound and ongoing transformation of the landscape of abortion access. By the end of 2023, 23% of Americans are farther from abortion facilities, facing an average round-trip drive of more than 600 miles. But distance tells only part of the story. PI Myers’ Abortion Appointment Availability Survey reveals that many ...Read more >

The central and southern Illinois regions consist of 78 counties, most of them rural, that are reproductive care deserts (Abortion Finder, 2023; Declercq & Zephyrin, 2021; March of Dimes, 2023; Smith et al., 2022). These two regions have been the site of rising anti-abortion acts of violence since Dobbs (Jiménez, 2023) as well as an ...Read more >

This 18-month mixed methods study generates essential evidence on the service preferences and information needs of people who leave banned or restricted states to seek abortion in legal states. Since the US Supreme Court Dobbs decision, more than 20 US states ban or severely restrict abortion care. Consequently, about 1 in 5 seeking abortion travel ...Read more >

The Texas Tubman Travel Project in collaboration with the New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, aims to understand how social location influences the experiences of those seeking travel abortion care outside their state of residence, with a focus on challenges faced by people of color. The Texas Tubman Travel Project, established in the fall ...Read more >

Since the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022) ruling, twenty-one states have introduced abortion bans or policy restrictions. In response, nonprofit groups throughout the nation have ramped up organizational capacity and financial support to provide abortion funds to pregnant people living in states with restrictive abortion policies to help facilitate travel to clinics in ...Read more >

Minors in restricted access states face unique barriers navigating to out-of-state abortion care owing to their lack of familiarity with healthcare systems and limited financial resources; parental involvement laws may further complicate the burdensome process of out-of-state travel. However, there are limited data on how minors identify and leverage the resources they need to obtain ...Read more >

Background: Since the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health decision, more people travel across state lines to access facility-based abortion care. However, interstate travel can come at an emotional and financial cost, disproportionately affecting the most structurally oppressed and marginalized individuals. As part of our 2019 pre-Dobbs Burden Study, we documented how psychosocial burden accessing facility-based ...Read more >

Following the transformative U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (June 2022), the Louisiana Abortion Fund (LAAF) stands as the sole abortion fund in a state where abortion is now illegal. Formerly the New Orleans Abortion Fund, LAAF is a pioneering, Black-led community fund in the Deep South, committed to dismantling ...Read more >

Dr. Nandi is originally from the Southeast and grew up in Louisiana and North Carolina. She graduated from Yale University with degrees in Biochemistry and Economics and worked in grants management at the National Institutes of Health prior to medical school. She received her medical degree and her Master’s in Public Health in Epidemiology from ...Read more >

Few effective interventions exist to ease pain during IUD insertion, despite how frequently this procedure is performed in the US. Studies evaluating pharmacologic interventions demonstrate mixed results and there is limited investigation into non-pharmacologic pain control strategies. We propose a randomized controlled trial to assess the utility of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) to reduce ...Read more >