AP: For some Texans, nearest abortion clinic is 250 miles away

[OfTheCross]

After seven states passed sweeping abortion bans this year, speculation soon arose about the potentially onerous travel burdens the laws could someday impose on women seeking to end unwanted pregnancies.

Across a huge swath of West Texas and the Panhandle, there's no need for speculation. The nearest abortion clinics are more than 250 miles away, despite the region having several midsize cities and a population of more than 1 million people.

One key figure in the Texas abortion debate is Amy Hagstrom Miller, CEO of Whole Women's Health, which operates abortion clinics in Texas and four other states. Her company spearheaded the lawsuit that led to the Supreme Court's dismantling of the Texas law in 2016. A 5-3 majority of justices ruled that the law placed an "undue burden" on women seeking abortions.

Hagstrom Miller says some women resort to inducing their own abortions with medication because they lack health insurance, child care or a supportive employer.

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"People are asking what happens if Roe falls," she said. "I keep telling them, 'Look at Texas.'"

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This may soon become the situation nationwide

[Bigun]

This may soon become the situation nationwide

Nay!  1000 miles would be FAR better IMHO!

[PeteS in CA]

For some Texans that's probably been true for nearly 50 years.

[dfwgator]

Still way too close.

[aligncare]

Texas? Piffle.

For many people in a state so big that it could be it’s own planetoid, the nearest store is 250 miles away.

[PeteS in CA]

Texas? Piffle.

For many people in a state so big that it could be it’s own planetoid, the nearest store is 250 miles away.

Exactly. This isn't news, it's agitprop, a non-story published to advance an underlying agenda. And there is no government-caused crisis, as this pro-abortion person's comment demonstrates:

Hagstrom Miller says some women resort to inducing their own abortions with medication because they lack health insurance, child care or a supportive employer.

Those three "lacks" all come down to choices made by the women, not government actions.

[Sanguine]

Texas? Piffle.

For many people in a state so big that it could be it’s own planetoid, the nearest store is 250 miles away.

That's it exactly!

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Texas? Piffle.

For many people in a state so big that it could be it’s own planetoid, the nearest store is 250 miles away.

Be it is even farther for a lot of places in Alaska.

Why is this news anyway?

[GrouchoTex]

Texas? Piffle.

For many people in a state so big that it could be it’s own planetoid, the nearest store is 250 miles away.

True, Drive from Houston to El Paso and you're halfway to L.A.
I'm actually surprised that it is only 250 miles away to the nearest abortion providers, for those who do that sort of thing.
(Still too close).

[PeteS in CA]

True, Drive from Houston to El Paso and you're halfway to L.A.
I'm actually surprised that it is only 250 miles away to the nearest abortion providers, for those who do that sort of thing.
(Still too close).

AP and ABC Skews were playing on the ignorance of many people concerning Texas' size and geography. That lack of knowledge isn't unique though. I've seen conservatives who seem to think California's Shasta or Kern County is as loony-toony as San Francisco County/City and close by as well. The length of California is similar to the distance from Boston to the border between North and South Carolina, or from WashDC to St. Louis, MO.