North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida are only remaining states in the region where there is any kind of access—and even that is under threat.
who initially supported a bill that would make abortion a crime punishable by the death penalty, but that bill never made it to a vote. It’s now a waiting game for the legislature’s next move.
If North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida are no longer able to provide abortion care, in the contiguous U.S., the next closest clinics are in Illinois, Kansas, New Mexico, Ohio, and Virginia. But in this scenario, if you are a patient in Florida seeking care, a better bet might be flying to Puerto Rico.Instead of giving people the options to choose what is best in their life, lawmakers like Kidwell want to redefine abortion.
Members of Congress introduced the Women’s Health Protection Act on Wednesday and Thursday to start the long process of creating a federal right to abortion. While longer-term measures are important, these kind of protections will not re-open abortion clinics or rehire care workers. People’s lives are already upended because their bodily autonomy is being taken away; millions more are at risk of the same thing.
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