Roe v Wade

Abortion access in the U.S., 2013 vs. 2023: The number of Americans who live more than 200 miles from a clinic or hospital that provides abortion dramatically grew in the past decade.

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How many miles do you have to travel to get abortion care? One professor maps it

5:26pm June 21, 2023

An economics professor at Middlebury College and her undergrad research assistants have been tracking access to abortion care since 2009. These maps show the dramatic changes in the past decade.

Abortion rights supporters rally outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis on May 31, 2019. At the time, it was the last location in Missouri performing abortions. The state's abortion ban took effect soon after the Dobbs decision in 2022.

A year after Supreme Court's abortion decision, Planned Parenthood announces layoffs

5:55pm May 23, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

Nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court rolled back abortion rights, the nation's most prominent abortion provider says it will rethink its structure and cut staff.

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray discusses efforts to protect reproductive rights during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in August 2022. Murray has re-introduced legislation that would require health insurers to cover over-the-counter birth control if the FDA approves it.

With growing abortion restrictions, Democrats push for over-the-counter birth control

8:18am May 22, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

With abortion increasingly restricted in many states, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), hopes to persuade Republicans to back insurance coverage for over-the-counter birth control.

A police report taken July 18, 2022, in League City, Texas, details a complaint from Marcus Silva about materials he said he found in his then-wife's purse nearly a week earlier. Personally identifying information has been redacted.

Documents in abortion pill lawsuit raise questions about ex-husband's claims

3:33pm April 10, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

A Texas man is suing three women he says helped his ex-wife obtain an abortion "without even his knowledge." Experts say documents related to the case suggest he might have known ahead of time.

Lauren Miller, of Dallas, Texas, says that her state's abortion laws added to the stress and turmoil her family faced after one of her twins was diagnosed with a fatal condition in utero.

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3 abortion bans in Texas leave doctors 'talking in code' to pregnant patients

7:22am March 01, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Some doctors in Texas are so worried about the abortion bans, they hint to patients with pregnancy complications, "I've heard traveling to Colorado is really nice this time of year."

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Lauren Miller at her home in Dallas, in January 2023. When she was 15 weeks pregnant, she traveled to Colorado to have a "selective reduction" abortion, after one of her twins was diagnosed with a fatal condition.

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To safeguard healthy twin in utero, she had to 'escape' Texas for abortion procedure

8:48pm February 28, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

When Lauren Miller found out one of her twins had a fatal condition, she discovered her doctors in Texas would only say: You need to leave the state. She went to Colorado for a selective reduction.

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Since the Dobbs decision in June, clinics providing abortions in what are now restrictive states have had to reinvent what they do. Shannon Brewer, pictured here in 2019 at the Jackson Women's Health Organization, now runs a clinic in Las Cruces, N.M., where abortion is legal.

50 years after Roe v. Wade, many abortion providers are changing how they do business

5:01am January 22, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

The overturning of the Roe v. Wade decision just months ahead of its 50th anniversary has prompted many abortion providers to shift how they serve patients.

Lauren Overman poses for a portrait at a park close to her home near Greensboro, N.C., on Nov. 21, 2022. Overman will sometimes work virtually from this picnic table as an abortion doula, which she has been doing for over four years. She offers her services virtually and in-person, to people across the U.S., including in states that have banned or severely restricted abortion access.

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In North Carolina, more people are training to support patients through an abortion

11:18am December 19, 2022

by Claire Donnelly

In the months since Roe v. Wade was overturned, training groups in North Carolina say they've seen an uptick in interest from people wanting to work as abortion doulas.

A Planned Parenthood chapter operating in Missouri and Illinois is preparing to open a mobile unit providing abortions in southern Illinois.

Meeting abortion patients where they are: providers turn to mobile units

5:06pm November 02, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

In response to increasing abortion restrictions in the region, a Planned Parenthood chapter in Missouri and Illinois is preparing to open a mobile unit providing abortions in southern Illinois.

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Demonstrators at the Texas State Capitol call for access to abortion at a rally in September 2021 in Austin. Days earlier, Texas had enacted SB 8, which bans most abortions after about six weeks.

Anti-abortion groups are getting more calls for help with unplanned pregnancies

11:53am September 14, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

With abortion illegal in a growing number of states, both groups that help patients access the procedure and those who oppose it are reporting more calls for help.