Kayla Smith and Kylie Cooper
Left Idaho for Washington and Minnesota to flee a strict abortion ban
The number of people internally displaced by anti-abortion laws is startling. A recent study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research of 13 states with strict abortion bans found that, between them, they are losing 36,000 residents every three months. Separate research released this month by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research revealed that one in five people planning to have children within the next decade have moved state, or know someone who has done so, to escape abortion restrictions.
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