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Some people need abortions later in pregnancy – many come to Maryland
Patients travel hundreds of miles to Maryland for abortion care
by Cait Kelley
Maryland is one of the few places in the United States serving people who need later abortions, home to two of the only clinics in the country that perform procedures into the third trimester. These clinics are becoming increasingly critical as abortion bans in other states make it harder to get the procedure earlier in pregnancy. This story was co-reported by Cait Kelley and Taylor Nichols.
Since Roe. v. Wade was overturned by the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in June 2022, Maryland providers are seeing more patients from other states. There has been at least a 27 percent increase in out-of-state patients receiving abortion care in Maryland since 2019, the last pre-Dobbs year with available data. In 2023, about one in five abortion patients in Maryland lived out-of-state. This story was co-reported by Cait Kelley and Taylor Nichols. Illustration by Dylan Shulman.
The 2024 election is dividing the Latino community, both in terms of which candidate to support and because anti-immigrant rhetoric inherently pits people against each other. And for those navigating the United States as an immigrant, election season can add to the stress of daily life. This story was co-reported by Cait Kelley and Andrea Durán.