11 States Not Sharing Borders With Texas Are Serving Abortion Patients From Texas
S.B. 8 has been in effect in Texas for more than 80 days and its near total ban on abortion is spilling into the entire country.
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A new analysis has shown that Texans have obtained abortions in 11 states that do not share a border with Texas since the state cruelly outlawed abortions after six weeks gestation. Jezebel has previously covered how Texans are fleeing the state for abortion care, but the analysis from the Guttmacher Institute published Tuesday found that Texas residents have gone as far as Washington state, Ohio, and Maryland for care.
Guttmacher researchers surveyed 120 clinics in 28 states and Washington, D.C. At least one clinic in Alabama, Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Ohio, Tennessee and Washington have provided abortion care to a Texas resident. These states are hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away from the Texas border and represent a significant travel barrier. Clinics also told researchers that they’re expecting to see an increase of calls from potential Texas patients despite the higher cost with an out of state procedure.