Out-of-State Abortions Are Getting More Expensive: Lisa Jarvis

When Miami recently experienced catastrophic rainfall that grounded flights for days, staff at the Women’s Emergency Network, an abortion fund that serves Florida, scrambled to help clients get in and out of the state. One woman, who had flown to Virginia for an abortion, was panicked because she didn’t have child care coverage for an extra day, says WEF’s executive director Kamila Przytula. She had to get home.

The nonprofit eventually got her on a plane to Orlando, then arranged for a ride. But the story illustrates the lunacy of requiring women to travel for health care.

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