A little over a year after the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, eliminating federal protections for abortions, nearly a quarter of women have no access to an abortion facility within 90 minutes, putting their lives at risk.
And researchers predict that number could almost double if additional abortion bills being considered in states are passed.
A study published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, one of the first to create more exact travel times using actual road and geographical data, found 23.6 percent of women of reproductive age, 15 to 49 years old, have no access to an abortion facility within a 90-minute drive. Twenty-nine percent do not have access within a 60-minute drive, and 41.4 percent do not have access to a facility providing abortions within a half-hour drive.
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Alexa Lardieri 