Women living in economically battered communities in Mississippi with limited access to OB-GYNs are more likely to obtain an abortion after the first 12 weeks, or later in pregnancy, and have to travel farther to do so, according to a new study.
on the constitutionality of Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The law, which has so far been barred from taking effect, defies nearly 50 years of protection for patients to obtain the procedure prior to viability, or the point at which a fetus can survive outside the womb, now considered to be at about 24 weeks of pregnancy.
Those figures could see a sharp increase if the justices agree with Mississippi’s request to overturn or scale back the abortion rights affirmed in Roe v. Wade. That could pave the way for states to enact tighter restrictions for the procedure even earlier in pregnancy. White’s team analyzed data from clinics on Mississippians who obtained abortion care in the state as well as those who traveled to Alabama, Tennessee and Louisiana for services.abortion clinic. And researchers for the study say 80 percent of the state’s 82 counties are more than 50 miles away from a provider.
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