AP Spotlight Study finds more people are obtaining abortions but fewer are traveling for it GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Apr 15, 2025 Apr 15, 2025 Updated Feb 28, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fewer people crossed state lines to obtain abortions in 2024 than a year earlier, a new survey has found.kAm%96 vFEE>2496C x?DE:EFE6[ 2 C6D62C49 @C82?:K2E:@? E92E DFAA@CED 23@CE:@? C:89ED[ 6DE:>2E6D :? 2 C6A@CE C6=62D65 %F6D52J E92E E96 ?F>36C @7 4=:?:4:2?\AC@G:565 23@CE:@?D :? DE2E6D H96C6 :EVD =682= C@D6 3J =6DD E92? `T 7C@> a_ab E@ a_ac]k^AmkAmqFE E96 ?F>36C @7 A6@A=6 4C@DD:?8 DE2E6 =:?6D 7@C 23@CE:@?D 5C@AA65 3J 23@FE hT]k^AmkAm%96 C6A@CE[ 32D65 @? 2 >@?E9=J DFCG6J @7 AC@G:56CD[ :D E96 =2E6DE =@@< 2E 9@H E96 23@CE:@? =2?5D42A6 :? 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Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban Her family says it should have the option to stop the life-support devices but that they've been told state law removes that choice. Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio | All Of Our Podcasts Recommended for you Watch Now: Related Video Student-built electric vehicles power up at EVERON race Trump: Iran ‘can’t blackmail us’ over Strait of Hormuz Trump: Iran ‘can’t blackmail us’ over Strait of Hormuz Trump signs order to speed review of psychedelics Trump signs order to speed review of psychedelics Candace Owens accuses Erika Kirk of lying about security threat Candace Owens accuses Erika Kirk of lying about security threat
Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban Her family says it should have the option to stop the life-support devices but that they've been told state law removes that choice.
