Abortion travel within the United States: An observational study of cross-state movement to obtain abortion care in 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the United States, abortion access is often more limited for people who live in states with few abortion facilities and restrictive abortion legislation. Pregnant people seeking an abortion thus often travel to access care.

Methods

We calculated state-specific abortion rate (number of abortions per thousand women ages 15 to 44) and percentage of patients leaving for abortion care using CDC 2017 Abortion Surveillance data, the Guttmacher Institute's Abortion Provider Census and Pregnancies, Births and Abortions in the United States report, and US Census data. We categorized percent leaving by abortion policy landscape using the Guttmacher Institute's classification of state abortion laws, and by facility density (number of abortion facilities per million women a

SUBMITTER: Smith MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9903901 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature