A beleaguered abortion workforce braces for things to get far worse , by David Cohen and Carole Joffe, The Hill
In light of the recent Supreme Court decision on abortion, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, abortion providers in states that have banned abortion, or soon will, are mourning the closing of their clinics. While they are concerned about their own and their colleagues’ future employment, they are even more deeply worried about the future reproductive health needs of the communities they have served for so long.
Meanwhile, abortion providers in states where abortion remains legal have worries of a different order. For these providers, the worry is that because abortion will remain legal in their state, they will likely receive a huge increase in patients traveling out of ban states in order to receive care.