While crisis pregnancy centers’ pattern of locating near abortion facilities is well documented, the new research, published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Medical Internet Research, maps women’s geographic access to both crisis pregnancy centers and abortion facilities.
The new study found that in 2021, crisis pregnancy centers outnumbered abortion clinics 3-to-1 in the U.S., but acknowledged that the figure is probably greater now post-Dobbs.
On average, the distance between crisis pregnancy centers and abortion facilities in the U.S. was 5.5 miles.
Abortion clinics offer other health careAbortion-rights advocates say that when communities lose abortion clinics, they also lose access to other health care services for women.
Crisis pregnancy centers outnumber abortion clinics 9 to 1 in Texas, according to the crisis pregnancy center study.
Persons:
”, Christina Villarreal, Mary Jane Maharry, “, ” Brian Westbrook, Dobbs, Andrea Swartzendruber, Danielle Lambert, ” Swartzendruber, Lambert, CPCs, ’, Swartzendruber, ” Lambert, “ They’re, you’re, Andrea Trudden, Roe, Ashley Underwood, “ We’re, couldn’t, ” Underwood, Wade, Nikki Madsen, we’ve, ” Madsen, they’ve, We’re, Donald Trump’s, Biden
Organizations:
Parenthood Health Center, Southwest Missouri, Coalition Life, NBC News, Medical Internet Research, “, University of Georgia College of Public Health, American College of Obstetricians, CPC, Communications, Heartbeat, United States, Equity, NBC, National Abortion Federation, Abortion Care Network, X, Obria
Locations:
Carbondale , Illinois, Illinois, Flossmoor , Illinois, Louis Region, Southwest, Fairview Heights , Illinois, Missouri, U.S, United, Louisiana, Florida , Missouri, North Carolina , Tennessee, Texas