Oregon’s only abortion clinic east of the Cascades braces for more patients

While abortion remains legal in Oregon, many residents could still find it harder to access services once planned bans in other states go into effect.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to reverse the landmark Roe v. Wade decision has already led to 13 states imposing bans on most or all abortions, according to the Washington Post.

Planned Parenthood’s Bend location — the only clinic in Oregon providing abortion services east of the Cascades — is expecting an increase in traveling patients, further straining a limited number of resources available.

That’s on top of the surge in patients they’re already seeing from Idaho, where demand for reproductive health services exceeds availability.