Abortion Wait Times in Southeast Have Soared Following Florida's 6-Week Ban

Before the ban, the average Florida resident lived 20 miles from a clinic. Now, it\'s 590 miles.

Wait times have increased at 30% of the abortion clinics in the states closest to Florida its draconian six-week abortion ban

Fantastic data visualizations of the effects of Florida's new abortion ban using data from my intrepid student surveyors. Distance and wait times are up…but telehealth is helping meet demand. Before the ban, the average Florida resident lived 20 miles from a clinic and would need to wait five days to access an abortion. After the ban, the driving distance increased by nearly 30 times to 590 miles and the wait time expanded to almost 14 days.

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