Crossing state lines: traveling for abortion care in post-Roe southern Kentucky

"With Kentucky’s abortion ban in effect, pregnant patients can’t get an abortion in the state unless their lives are at risk and that’s forcing some to seek care elsewhere.

Out of Kentucky’s seven bordering states, Illinois is one that has abortion protections. In Virgina, there are currently no abortion protections, but the procedure is still legal.

In an effort to better understand what the process is like for those seeking care, I decided to make the journey to an out-of-state abortion provider myself".