
Out-of-state residents seeking abortion care in Massachusetts jumped 37% after Roe v. Wade reversal
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The amount of people traveling from their home states to Massachusetts to obtain abortion care jumped by over 37% in the four months after Roe v. Wade was reversed by the Supreme Court, according to an analysis by researchers based at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital.
After Roe v. Wade was overturned because of the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization in 2022, over a dozen states have completely banned abortion. Others have placed strict restrictions on the procedure. Many states that have banned abortion are in the same region of the country, creating areas where it's hard to access such care even by traveling across state lines.
Researchers wanted to "understand how many out-of-state travelers come to Massachusetts for abortion care, and how they cover the cost of care," said co-author Elizabeth Janiak, a researcher and assistant professor in the division of family planning at the hospital's department of obstetrics and gynecology, in the news release announcing the study. Brigham and Women's Hospital is affiliated with Harvard University.

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