As southern states ban abortion, thousands of patients head north—to Virginia

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“We hardly ever saw patients from Florida before, and now I see at least one patient from Florida every time that I’m in the clinic.”
PRH Fellow Danielle Johnson 

Virginia saw the largest abortion increase in the country last year.

When Florida’s six-week abortion ban went into effect last May, advocates warned it would ripple far beyond state lines. Nearly a year later, the numbers show where many of those patients went: Virginia.

While Arizona, California, Kansas, and Ohio had substantial increases in abortion patients, Virginia saw the largest increase in clinician-provided abortions of any state last year, according to new data from the Guttmacher Institute, a nonpartisan research and policy organization that focuses on sexual and reproductive health and rights.