By MSFC's Founder, Jody Steinauer, M.D., Ph.D.

Abortion restrictions spreading across the county have upended people’s ability to make decisions about their lives, families, and futures. While the overall number of abortions in the U.S. has gone up since the Dobbs decision, in large part due to the growth of telehealth abortion, those numbers don’t tell the stories of people who have to move heaven and earth to get this basic, essential health care.

One in five patients is now traveling out of state to get abortion care. Those people have to pull together enough money to pay for the procedure, travel, and a place to stay. They take time off work, find someone to watch their kids, and drive for hours or get on a bus or a plane…