In the wake of Dobbs, a new Guttmacher report shows that more than 40 abortion clinics have stopped offering care across 11 states. MsReads
States with Six-Week Abortion Bans and Clinics Offering Some Care
Four states were enforcing a ban on abortion starting at six weeks of pregnancy as of July 24 and two of them had fewer clinics providing abortions than before the Supreme Court decision:While some abortion care is still available in these four states, one likely reason there are fewer clinics in Georgia and Tennessee now than prior to the Supreme Court decision is that many people are unable to get an abortion because of the drastically shortened window for access.
Given myriad logistical hurdles—including potentially long wait times for an appointment and navigating various abortion restrictions like forced waiting periods that may push people beyond the six-week gestational limit—getting an in-state abortion may be impossible to achieve.
Kentucky and Florida have begun rolling back access to abortion by implementing 15-week bans. Meanwhile, in Wisconsin, legal uncertainty over the status of the state’s pre-
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