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About This Project
Summary
Millions of people are blocked from abortion care in their home state. The Heavy Cost of Abortion Bans highlights the toll — emotional and financial — of patients forced to travel for out-of-state abortion care. Our fictional patients all struggle to get by — as do most people harmed by abortion bans. Using 2022 data, we calculate estimated costs associated with travel for out-of-state abortion care, taking our audience on an emotional journey through the logistical barriers our patients face.
Goals & Objectives
The series highlights the toll of abortion bans on a pregnant person: out-of-state plane/bus/train tickets, gas, lodging, meals, childcare, or lost income, and the cost of the care itself. For most abortion patients, traveling out-of-state for care is cost prohibitive and not even an option.
Results & Impact
The series was a success, eliciting praise from viewers for framing the costs of abortion access and demonstrating reproductive rights as economic rights. Overall, we reached hundreds of thousands of people, making the case that abortion access is a human rights issue as well as an economic issue.
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