In Guam, a US territory, the last doctor who performed abortions left in 2018. The closest option is an 8-hour flight to Hawaii.
, pregnant people living on Guam have to travel across the ocean.
Abortion remains legal in Guam — the US territory in the Western Pacific that sits 1,600 miles south of Japan — up to 13 weeks of gestation, but that doesn't mean it's accessible,The last doctor who performed abortions on the island left in 2018, per The Times, leaving Guamanians to rely on telemedicine and prescriptions for the abortion pill, which is the subject of ongoing legal debate in the US.
Just two doctors are licensed and willing to provide care in Guam, though they are both based in Hawaii, The Times reported. They can see patients virtually and prescribe the abortion pill for now, pending a court decision on whether patients need to see a doctor in person to be prescribed abortion pills, the newspaper reported.
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