The idea by Dr. Meg Autry of UC San Francisco is to have a clinic on a ship in federal waters to help people in Southern states that have abortion bans.
A California doctor is proposing a floating abortion clinic in the Gulf of Mexico as a way to maintain access for people in the southern United StatesThe idea is to provide a clinic aboard a ship in federal waters, and out of reach of state laws, that would offer first trimester surgical abortions, contraception and other care, said Dr. Meg Autry, an obstetrician and gynecologist and a professor at UC San Francisco.
“There’s been an assault on reproductive rights in our country and I’m a lifelong advocate for reproductive health and choice. We have to create options and be thoughtful and creative to help people in restrictive states get the health care they deserve,” she told the Associated Press.President Joe Biden signed an executive order to protect access to abortion as he faced mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to be more forceful on the subject.
Autry said the idea is only in the fundraising stage through the nonprofit PRROWESS — short for Protecting Reproductive Rights of Women Endangered by State Statutes. The proposal comes as abortion access in Southern states has been swiftly curtailed after the U.S. Supreme CourtAlabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas have had abortion bans take effect. A Florida law, which is in effect after a legal back-and-forth,
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