Massachusetts has seen a small but significant increase in people traveling to the state for an abortion since the Supreme Court allowed states to limit access to or ban the procedure. A study from the state’s largest abortion provider shows a 37.5% increase in the months after the Dobbs decision as compared to a year earlier.
in out-of-state patients last year. It’s not clear how much of that rise occurred after the Supreme Court ruling.
“We now have 22 states with a ban,” said Janiak, an assistant professor in obstetrics and gynecology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. “We, I think, are going to see even larger increases over time. So it’s important to keep monitoring these trends to make sure that we are prepared if the numbers do continue to go up.”
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