One in three women of reproductive age in the U.S. now live over an hour away from the closest abortion clinic, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The peer reviewed study, which appeared in JAMA's latest issue,"," used census data from nearly 64 million women between 15 and 44 years of age in 48 states — excluding Alaska and Hawaii. Data found that the average woman's travel time has more than tripled, and that abortion seekers now travel for more than 100 minutes on average to reach a legal clinic.
In the three-month span between the Supreme Court's June 24 decision and Sept. 30, which the study's authors defined as the"post-Dobbs" period, . The"pre-Dobbs" data was taken from January to December 2021. "Estimated travel time to abortion facilities in the US was significantly greater in the post-Dobbs period after accounting for the closure of abortion facilities in states with total or 6-week abortion bans compared with the pre-Dobbs period, during which all facilities providing abortions in 2021 were considered active," the authors of the study wrote.
"These groups have historically worse pregnancy-related mortality outcomes than nonminority populations," the study read, citingAmy Cox, Democratic candidate for Ohio State Representative, wears a shirt in support of Roe V Wade while canvassing in Trenton, Ohio, on October 23, 2022. / Credit: MEGAN JELINGER/AFP via Getty Images
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