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OLYMPIA, Wash. -- On Thursday, Governor Jay Inslee signed five new bills into law aimed at protecting reproductive and gender-affirming healthcare in the state.

The threat of prison time under Idaho's near-total abortion ban is forcing providers to leave the state — and pregnant people are paying the price.

Data released last fall shows that more than 2.2 million women of childbearing age across 1,119 U.S. counties are living in "maternity care deserts."

In picturesque Bonner County, Idaho, Leandra Wright, 40, is pregnant with her seventh child.

70 years, but next month, they'll stop. that means when lee andrews new baby is born this summer, she'll have to do this 40 mile drive all the way to cord, elaine. on a good day, it will take 45 minutes. it's frustrating and worrisome. leandra has a history of fast laborers. her son, noah was born on the way to the hospital. my fifth child was born on this side of the highway. buy new moms. bonner county aren't alone since 2011 217 hospitals in the us have closed their labor and delivery departments in the past year alone. hospitals across the country have stopped delivering babies. money is o...