Many abortion providers “are planning to move or travel to places where they will be able to continue to care for patients,” Alhambra Frarey, an OB-GYN in Pennsylvania and a fellow with Physicians for Reproductive Health, said in a statement.
That means there is likely going to be a “saturation” of abortion providers in urban areas, particularly in blue states, said Iman Alsaden, the medical director of Planned Parenthood of Great Plains, which covers Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.
“We have been preparing preemptively for this decision for a long time,” said Sarah Traxler, the chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood North Central States (PPNCS), which covers: Iowa Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. She is also an abortion provider in St. Paul.
“We know that there are certain places in the country where we need to shore up access and make sure that we have space available for patients coming from all over.”
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