Six months since Iowa implemented one of the strictest abortion bans in the nation, new data shows hundreds of Iowans are using abortion access funds to receive the procedure in other states.
New estimates collected from regional abortion access funds show 625 Iowans have received funding and practical support from their organizations to obtain abortions out of state in 2024, the same year Iowa implemented a six-week abortion ban.
That's three times as many as in 2023, when 194 Iowans sought help of those organizations to obtain abortion care elsewhere, according to the Chicago Abortion Fund and the Iowa Abortion Access Fund, which provided the new estimates.
Abortion access funds are nonprofit organizations that provide financial aid and logistical support to individuals seeking abortions. Four access funds in the region — Chicago Abortion Fund, Iowa Abortion Access Fund, Nebraska Abortion Resources Fund and Our Justice — announced the new estimates earlier this month.
Dubbed by proponents as the "fetal heartbeat ban," Iowa's law prohibits abortion once embryonic cardiac activity is detected in a pregnancy, at around six weeks.
New estimates collected from regional abortion access funds show 625 Iowans have received funding and practical support from their organizations to obtain abortions out of state in 2024, the same year Iowa implemented a six-week abortion ban.
That's three times as many as in 2023, when 194 Iowans sought help of those organizations to obtain abortion care elsewhere, according to the Chicago Abortion Fund and the Iowa Abortion Access Fund, which provided the new estimates.
Abortion access funds are nonprofit organizations that provide financial aid and logistical support to individuals seeking abortions. Four access funds in the region — Chicago Abortion Fund, Iowa Abortion Access Fund, Nebraska Abortion Resources Fund and Our Justice — announced the new estimates earlier this month.
Dubbed by proponents as the "fetal heartbeat ban," Iowa's law prohibits abortion once embryonic cardiac activity is detected in a pregnancy, at around six weeks.
Hundreds of Iowans got out-of-state abortions with help of funding groups, estimates show
New data from Midwest abortion access funds show that more than 600 Iowans received support to travel out-of-state for abortion services in the first six months of Iowa's ban.
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