Daily Yonder commentary published yesterday is here, and
NPR told this compelling story out of Idaho today. The latter implicated travel from
Twin Falls to
Meridian (near Boise), not truly rural places, but plenty of distance covered nevertheless. The NPR story also touched on issues of poverty and homelessness, and the fact the woman seeking an abortion already had a child and feared she could not care for another. Women who already have a child(ren) and are financially precarious are most common among those seeking abortion in the United States.
My academic work on rural women and the right to abortion is
here,
here, and
here.
This post from early December sums up my thinking on the current attention--even panic--about distance and travel. I'm not saying the attention and panic aren't justified, but it sure was hard before this current moment to get as much attention as I believe was merited about the burden of travel and distance.
Data on who gets abortions is
here, in a report noting the 49th anniversary of
Roe v. Wade.
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