Travel Time Rose Post-Dobbs in States Limiting Abortion

Travel time rose post-Dobbs in states limiting abortion

WASHINGTON – In 14 states that made abortion all but impossible to obtain after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, women seeking to end a pregnancy had to drive four times further on average – 11.3 hours, up from 2.8 hours. “People are spending a lot of time in their cars,” said Diana Greene Foster, a demographer and professor at the University of California San Francisco. “They take more time off work, they spend more money and it takes …

Post Dobbs Lies Surrounding Abortion

I will never forget the words, “I’m sorry, but we can’t find a heartbeat.” It was August of 2009. I was at the doctor’s office for my first ultrasound with my second pregnancy. I was devastated, to say the least. The doctor let me know that we needed to go home and come back one week later for another ultrasound. During that week, it was expected that my body would naturally expel the remains of my deceased baby. That did not happen. I went back…

What Dobbs Hath Wrought…

Lots of people cheered when our rogue Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, and began what has turned out to be a flight from constitutional principles–especially the principle that government…