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D.C. Abortion Doula Sees Patients Traveling Far Distances From States Where Abortion Is Banned To Receive Essential and Lifesaving Care
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D.C. Abortion Doula Sees Patients Traveling Far Distances From States Where Abortion Is Banned To Receive Essential and Lifesaving Care

Abortion bans contribute to major delays in care and mean that people must travel far distances to receive care.

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Doulas provide emotional, physical, informational, and cultural support to people at all stages of pregnancy, including abortion care. Working in a clinic that treats patients later in pregnancy—after 22 weeks—Liz Bastias-Butler sees many patients traveling across the country after bans on abortion delayed their care.

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Kierra B. Jones

Senior Policy Analyst

Sabrina Talukder

Director, Women’s Initiative

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Toni Pandolfo

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Hai-Lam Phan

Senior Director, Creative

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