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Who is traveling to Washington for abortion care?
Abortion providers predicted Roe’s reversal would cause an influx of out-of-state patients. New data and clinic reports show they were right.
Megan Burbank
Megan Burbank is Cascade PBS’ news editor. She was previously an editor/reporter at The Seattle Times and Portland Mercury, and has covered reproductive rights for NPR, The New Republic and Axios.
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Video | ‘Roe’ ruling could jeopardize other civil liberties, AG says
Beyond a rollback of abortion rights, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s team is preparing to face what might come next.
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New Yakima clinic to expand abortion access in Eastern Washington
The clinic is expected to help accommodate the influx of people who will need Washington abortion services if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Roe v. Wade was never the whole story
As a teenager, reporter Megan Burbank thought the gains her mother’s generation made for equality were here to stay. As a journalist, she found the opposite was true.
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Abortion rights in WA fall into limbo at religious hospitals
When hospitals merge with religious institutions, it weakens Washington's capacity to provide abortion care. What will that mean after Roe v. Wade?