Study examines how far US women must travel to get abortion
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October 4, 2017
NEW YORK (AP) — How far do American women need to travel in order to obtain an abortion?
A new study, billed as the first of its kind, makes those calculations state-by-state and county-by-county, revealing some striking disparities . In New York, the average distance is about three miles (five kilometers). At the other end of the scale, the average distance in Wyoming is about 168 miles (271 kilometers).
The analysis was conducted by researchers with the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights, using 2014 data on abortion clinic locations and U.S. Census populatio...
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