Posted on 11/03/2021 4:55:44 AM PDT by Morgana
Before the Supreme Court allowed the Texas six-week abortion ban to go into effect on September 1, pregnant women had to travel an average of 17 miles to get to their nearest abortion clinic. Now, they have to travel 14 times longer—an average of 247 miles one way—to get to the nearest abortion provider, reports the Guttmacher Institute.
The Supreme Court is now considering Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Center, a direct challenge to constitutional abortion rights established in Roe v. Wade close to half a century ago. If the Court, with Trump’s three anti-abortion Republican appointees, overturns or significantly weakens Roe, Texans will have to travel an astonishing 525 miles one way to reach the nearest abortion clinic—a 3,017 percent increase, according to research just released by the Guttmacher Institute.
“It’s a well-known fact that restrictions don’t stop people from needing abortion. Instead, they push care out of reach for many people by making abortion more expensive and logistically challenging to get,” said Dr. Herminia Palacio, president and CEO of the Guttmacher Institute.
Researchers at Guttmacher asked two questions: If states ban abortion, where will people find the nearest clinic? And, how far would they have to travel to get there?
In a policy analysis paper and an easy-to-use interactive map published last Thursday, Guttmacher shows which states are likely to ban abortion and how long people will have to travel to find the nearest abortion clinic if their state bans abortion.
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Like a FReerper said in my last thread, they have to travel to murder their baby and yet they still don't change their mind. What cold people
“Before…”
Well, as long as we’re boarding the way-back machine, before I finished school abortion was CRIMINAL in a vast majority of states, for many decades.
Abortion is SUPPOSED to be hard. Think about what could happen before you spread your legs. That’s when you make the choice, not after. This goes for men as well.
Perhaps travelling 200+ miles will give them some time to think about what they are doing and perhaps understand how they will suffer if they go through with an abortion.
We learn from our mistakes, but also suffer the consequences.
Tough cookies.
Before Covid, I had to travel 18 miles to get to church every week!
Who is protecting my freedom of religion--which is an actual right, written in the Constitution?
I really wish men would not inpregnate a woman who would have an abortion. As for men who say “I don't want any more children” then have a vasectomy.
Why are there draconian campaigns encouraging people to avoid getting the Wuhan virus, because it is avoidable, but nothing said about avoiding pregnancy? Is there social value in having women get abortions? Is that a desirable thing to do?
I DEMAND that taxpayers pay for a church of my particular denomination closer to my home--preferably within walking distance so that I don't have to take public transportation.
I have a CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to freedom of religion, damn it!
Hmm, how about you just love your little baby girl or little baby boy instead of having their arms and legs ripped off?
Think of the gas money you'll save....
We should step up publicly. Financial support for women who keep their babies. People stepping up for adoption. Changing diapers? I don’t think so.
There is a ton of this type of help through local (Pro-life) Pregnancy Centers.
That's what we try to tell the girls going in to PP - we have help for you - real help.
Some take us up on that and their lives are never the same. Ditto for the one's who don't....
men should not knock up anybody they won’t marry- and women, don’t get knocked up by anyone you won’t marry.
It’s not that difficult. Think first.
Hey heres an idea for thiese baby killing bitches, ADOPTION!
Think of the gas money and environment you’ll save....!
One drove to the next county to buy some. First exit past the line on the interstate, otherwise in the middle of nowhere. A veritable strip mall of liquor stores and saloons. I seem to recall there may have been a gas station / convenience store too.
Right now I'm picturing something of the sort just past the Texas state line in various directions. Tucumcari NM already has the infrastructure. Just convert some of those motels to clinics.
But of course Texas is mighty big so it'll still be a long drive for some. Boo hoo.
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