One of the nation’s top health officials is calling attention to the disparity between states on abortion access one year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
over the past year, with the decision of access now left up to each individual state. As of June 2023, 15 states have near-total or total bans on abortion access, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
“Not just the patient, but the families as well, because those patients, when they come here, can’t just leave their family behind,” Becerra said. “This increase corresponded with the enactment of a record-breaking number of state abortion restrictions over the same period. The main driver of the increase was the larger number of people traveling out of states with highly restrictive abortion laws,” the Guttmacher Institute wrote in an article last year.
Becerra said his “biggest concern” is ensuring Americans know their rights regarding accessing reproductive care, including birth control.
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