Florida nonprofit helping women travel out of state for abortion care
Emergency Medical Assistance was already seeing an increase in calls and requests for help after the 15-week law went into effect, but now, those calls have only grown.
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Emergency Medical Assistance was already seeing an increase in calls and requests for help after the 15-week law went into effect, but now, those calls have only grown.
Studies show that 25% of pregnancies are terminated. Most women getting abortions already have at least one child. They want to fight the shame.
Between Roe v. Wade’s undoing and a new wave of restrictive abortion laws, groups that help people end their pregnancies are navigating a new normal.
How some patients will travel due to state’s 15-week abortion law
The president of Emergency Medical Assistance, or EMA in West Palm Beach, says her organization is working under the assumption that they are going to be flying people to states with looser abortion laws.