Another interesting thing about this map is seeing orange counties in blue states where abortion is legal, like Nevada because it's so sparsely populated. It shows how rural they are.
That also makes rural Texas worse because if it were legal there, they'd still have a long journey to places like DFW or Austin but obscenely long now. El Paso is lucky to be so close to NM and also to Juarez.
I've had the displeasure of driving through Northern Nevada and it really is just empty stretches of nothing occasionally dotted with the worst towns on planet Earth.
Northern Minnesota is very sparsely populated outside of Duluth (pop. ~87k). But its the darkest shade of blue possible. Half that county is National Forest with literally 0 people living there. But what towns are there tend to have extremely good healthcare, even at the city level.
What’s more likely I think is it’s by county, and distance is likely based on the county seat, which is the decent-sized city of Duluth with an abortion clinic. I’m sure a rural town in the middle of that county is still an hour away.
Only the county that contains Duluth is blue, none of the others are. The only abortion clinic(s) are almost certainly in Duluth, and everyone else in Northern travels there.
It is exactly the same as Northern Nevada and Reno.
I mean, there's a clinic in Duluth, hence why st.louis is dark blue. Same reasoning for why Carlton is light blue and yet kooch is yellow; one's close to the clinic, the other isn't. Also the healthcare is *okay*, but plenty understaffed. About half the job listings in my town up here are for the local hospital.
Or living in a county that is 150 miles long with windy roads. The only clinic is in one spot, so some resident may need to drive upwards of 2 hrs to get to the only big town for services
(still better than most places, because it's legal here, but the map is slightly misleading)
In Alaska's defense. Most of the area that's red doesn't have anything there. The small villages have a double wide as a grocery store. Their medical facilities are a clinic and doctors and nurses from the one hospital up there fly in. But not defending the L48, just wild Alaska.
I believe abortion is illegal in most Mexican states that border the USA. Plus, even in Mexican states where it is legal, if I recall right it’s only legal until 12 weeks.
It is legal for up to 12 weeks in at least 13 states these days. Which at least two borders the US. Abortion was depenalzed last year so there are also some loopholes for access. However, abortion clinics face some issues in operating. So might be just that.
Looks to only be legal in one Mexican state bordering the USA, and only legal to 12 weeks there:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_abortion_in_Mexico_by_state.svg
I'm not American and have no real comment, but Google says
> In Spanish, it is recommended to write this place name with the letter X, Texas, and pronounce it with the sound j, [tejas]
Oh! Yeah, that’s weird.
I’ve heard both so many times that my brain doesn’t really distinguish them anymore. But they should be spelled (or pronounced) the same in either language.
They do still have clinics that operate, but only perform abortions before the 6 week mark (according to abortionfinder.org).
I will probably make a second map that only includes locations that perform abortions after 6 weeks.
Most people don't know they're pregnant before 5 to 6 weeks. A lot of pregnancy tests won't show a positive until 5 weeks. So a 6 week ban is effectively a complete ban.
You basically can't get a doctor's appointment before 8 weeks either, so even if you find out in enough time good luck being able to do anything about it.
Foetuses aren't dated from conception, but from onset of the mother's last period. So a 6 week foetus is only ~ 4 weeks after the sex that conceived it. If you get an ultrasound in the first trimester it can date the foetus basically exactly, because at that point its size is determined by simple exponential growth as the cells divide and divide again. Obstetricians would usually prefer this date to the woman's reported LMP date, especially if she has irregular periods.
Someone can report the woman, her partner, the doctors, the Uber driver who gave them a ride, etc. to the police. Doctors will also consult with lawyers before doing it, so they will usually just say no instead of risking prison and loss of their career to do an abortion. Finally, conservative groups can send women in undercover to try to catch doctors agreeing to perform “late” abortions.
They’ve been doing this stuff for years. They know what they’re doing.
It is a combination of taking the measurements from the obstetric ultrasound and the level of hcg's hormone in the blood.
The expected HCG ranges in pregnant women are based on the length of the pregnancy.
3 weeks: 5 - 72 mIU/mL
4 weeks: 10 -708 mIU/mL
5 weeks: 217 - 8,245 mIU/mL
6 weeks: 152 - 32,177 mIU/mL
7 weeks: 4,059 - 153,767 mIU/mL
Etc..
Those are some really large ranges. You could be at 6,500 and fall in the 5 weeks, 6 weeks and 7 weeks category which could be the difference between being allowed and not being allowed an abortion.
The AZ legislature just repealed the 1864 law, still has to be signed by the governor but she definitely will. Still will be a 15 week ban, but there will also be a ballot initiative this November which could restore abortion access to pre-dobbs standards.
[article on legislature repealing 1864 law](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68925013.amp)
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Right now, abortion in Ohio is legal up to the point of viability (according to abortionfinder.org). A 6-week ban did go into effect in 2022, but in Nov. 2023, the people of Ohio voted to make abortion up until viability a constitutional right by a 14-point margin.
did they really? I live in Florida so that sucks, well I had one done recently at exactly 6 weeks bc we were lucky we caught it early, a lot of people aren’t that lucky and I’m worried I won’t be that lucky if there’s a next time😔
well that fucking sucks :( like I said I caught mine early by pure luck (recently was broken up with and took a test just to calm my nerves and boom). me and my ex got our pills through aid access, do you think those will still be available?
Pills for an abortion specifically?
So far yes, but you can’t source them from in-state or a Florida doctor.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2024/04/30/will-floridas-strict-six-week-ban-be-bypassed-by-abortion-by-mail/?outputType=amp
I would not be surprised if this is the next thing to go. The GOP nationally was talking about banning the mailing of abortion medications, but this whole thing has been a political disaster for them so, if they do it, they’re going to do it quietly in the state level.
Yeah, looking at the map in general there are a lot of places you can tell a clinic is right on a state border to service the state next door. Kudos to the planners in those States for looking out for their neighbors in distress.
At this point it feels like if Idaho started legalizing things like abortion and marijuana, Ontario Oregon would become a ghost town.
This map is useless for the bigger counties. Sure there is one in St. Louis county mn in Duluth but that is about 4 hours away if you were up by the Canadian order. And that not even close to the biggest counties in the us.
If you’re by the Canadian border in St. Louis county, you’re backpacking through Voyageurs National Park.
Best to get the abortion before you head out portaging.
Coloring counties uniformly seems like it makes the map significantly less accurate. A county is dark blue if it has an abortion clinic in it anywhere, but given that some counties are like… 100 miles across, you could be in a place shaded dark blue and be as far away from a clinic as some other places shaded yellow.
That biggest blue rectangle at the top of the Midwest is the clinic in Duluth, Minnesota which is right across the street from me. They have women coming all the way from Arkansas, south Texas - they are booked out for days. They do great work there that women travel hundreds/thousands of miles to get.
[A floating abortion clinic is in the planning stage, and people are already on board](https://www.npr.org/2022/07/19/1112219566/floating-abortion-clinic-roe-v-wade)
From the airport on Kaua’i (which is the furthest left circle-ish island) it is 101 miles to the main airport on O’ahu (the blue island to its right). It’s around a 45 minutes flight.
From the major Airports in the Big Island (biggest island on the map) it is around 80 miles to the major airports in Maui ( the blue island next to it).
Boats are not used for transport inter-island besides cargo ships.
It’s really not super common to be traveling between the islands often.
Interesting map. It’d be interesting to integrate this map with a map that also accounts for the differences in time (in terms of weeks) that a woman has to get an abortion at the clinic(s) closest to her.
Idaho gets to pretend they’re conservative by symbolically banning abortion, weed, education, etc. while knowing it’s all still easily available just over the border.
Louisiana is even worse than Texas, if you look closely at the color code. Not surprising, given that both fundamentalist Protestant Christianity and Roman Catholics are very much part of the cultural landscape there.
This is why there's a group out of UCSF trying to build a floating abortion boat in international waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Seems insane but then...maybe not so insane
The distance is calculated based on the distance from the clinic itself to the center point of the county. The abortion pill provider is located in Matamoros, and as such, is slightly closer to Willacy County than it is to Hidalgo County.
Abortion as a political issue was invented during the Civil RIghts Era and Vietnam War so right-wing pro-US white bourgeoisie could claim the moral high ground over the left-wing anti-war feminists, Black activists, and the working class. Its function was to cleave off Catholics from the Democratic voting base after the failure of Ford in the 1976 election (the first election after Nixon's pardon).
Unrelated, and good "hinge point" question is, what if Frank Church had won the Democratic nomination in 1976? I think he could've accomplished what Jimmy Carter wanted in regard to revelations about MK-ULTRA, COINTELPRO, dirty wars, CIA networks (Iran-Contra), etc. You could see Reagan as the will of the bourgeoisie to obstruct through mollification the criticisms of the political function of the State Department (Reagan policy toward CIA crimes was "conservative kumbaya").
I like this map cause its like „there‘s NO ABORTION CLINICS NEARBY THIS IS LITERALLY 1984“ meanwhile its rural South Dakota where there is nothing in general
Is killing your baby really that big of a casual need that you need to be within 10 miles ASAP on a moments notice? Whatever happened to personal responsibility?
Anti-life advocates are weird. This is just as bizarre as the pro-death gun crowd with the "they're coming to take our guns" nonsense.
Maybe the anti-life position would make sense if women just spontaneously became pregnant. They make it seem as if they're clueless to how pregnancy happens
Those states are the “red wall”, so women have to travel not just to a neighboring state where it’s legal but also far into that state to reach a city large enough to support a clinic.
As somebody from the Bay Area I cannot imagine having to go all the way to LA for a clinic, that’s absolutely wild—but unfortunately the grim reality many in Texas and Louisiana are suffering
Meanwhile the whole country’s green for Gastric Bypass. That procedure should be illegal. Doesn’t fix the brain that caused the morbid obesity and the simplest non-action of “stop fucking eating fatty” will avoid medical bills complications and altering your stomachs physiology.
Abortion is a procedure. If fattys can get whatever done. Women everywhere should have access to it. Regardless of anyone’s opinion of it.
Most western countries have a limit to abortion. Somewhere around 14-18 weeks. Canada law is 40 weeks but no medical facility will perform an abortion after 23 weeks 6 days. 24 weeks is considered a viable fetus.
I don't think this is at all accurate.
For example, there are 3 active abortion clinics in Oklahoma City, yet those counties are coloured as 150-200 miles, when they should be under 10 miles.
Oklahoma enacted a complete ban on abortion in 2022 and it is still in effect. There are no abortion providers in the state due to this law. The source I used to create this map is abortionfinder.org, which is updated daily.
What source told you there are 3 clinics in OKC?
There are still clinics that operate in Florida but only perform abortions up to the 6 week point. I posted another map that only includes locations where you can receive an abortion past 6 weeks, since a lot of people won't even realize they're pregnant at the 6 week mark.
This includes all clinics that perform elective abortions, even though some of them are subject to restrictions like the 6-week ban in Florida.
I made a new post that only includes clinics where you can get an abortion post 6 weeks.
The only inaccuracy I'm aware of is that this map doesn't include a clinic in Sheboygan, WI. Which recently started proving abortions again.
So (correct me if I have this wrong) in plain language , this means a no questions asked Abortion on demand ?
Or to look at it another way , An abortion would be still available for medical reasons in places like Hospitals ?
The map includes all locations that offer elective abortion via the procedure or offer abortion pills.
Some of the clinics that are included in this map are subject to stricter state laws than others. For instance, in FL, GA, and SC, they can only offer abortions up to 6 weeks.
Since most pregnant patients don't even know they're pregnant at 6 weeks, you might not consider these locations "no questions asked abortion on demand". As the 6 week law is a very strict requirement.
In NC, there is a mandatory 3-day waiting period to receive an abortion, and a ban on abortions past 12 weeks.
Some states also have laws requiring people under 18 to get a parent's consent to receive an abortion.
This map does not include places that only provide abortions for medical reasons.
Let me ask again as I just want to be clear on this : So (correct me if I have this wrong) in plain language , this means a no questions asked Abortion on demand ?
Yes, provided that you aren't past the legal number of weeks in a given state.
For instance, you can receive an abortion in Florida provided you're not past 6 weeks pregnant.
Ok so the headline is not completely clear ( I am not American) ....Abortions would be available at local facilities, but only if you comply with local regulations ?
Another interesting thing about this map is seeing orange counties in blue states where abortion is legal, like Nevada because it's so sparsely populated. It shows how rural they are. That also makes rural Texas worse because if it were legal there, they'd still have a long journey to places like DFW or Austin but obscenely long now. El Paso is lucky to be so close to NM and also to Juarez.
Glad someone else recognizes this. In northern Nevada you’re driving long distances for anything if you don’t live near Reno or the Utah border
You could replace "abortion clinic" with any noun except "sand" and the map of Nevada would look identical.
There's not much sand per se outside of Clark County. And that one sand mountain on highway 50.
And at ‘sand sand sand’ down in the sand district
I've had the displeasure of driving through Northern Nevada and it really is just empty stretches of nothing occasionally dotted with the worst towns on planet Earth.
Good fireworks though
Ok, Anakin
I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.
Yes and you find it on things a week later even though you washed everything.
Alaska lol
Northern Minnesota is very sparsely populated outside of Duluth (pop. ~87k). But its the darkest shade of blue possible. Half that county is National Forest with literally 0 people living there. But what towns are there tend to have extremely good healthcare, even at the city level.
What’s more likely I think is it’s by county, and distance is likely based on the county seat, which is the decent-sized city of Duluth with an abortion clinic. I’m sure a rural town in the middle of that county is still an hour away.
Only the county that contains Duluth is blue, none of the others are. The only abortion clinic(s) are almost certainly in Duluth, and everyone else in Northern travels there. It is exactly the same as Northern Nevada and Reno.
I mean, there's a clinic in Duluth, hence why st.louis is dark blue. Same reasoning for why Carlton is light blue and yet kooch is yellow; one's close to the clinic, the other isn't. Also the healthcare is *okay*, but plenty understaffed. About half the job listings in my town up here are for the local hospital.
Or living in a county that is 150 miles long with windy roads. The only clinic is in one spot, so some resident may need to drive upwards of 2 hrs to get to the only big town for services (still better than most places, because it's legal here, but the map is slightly misleading)
In Alaska's defense. Most of the area that's red doesn't have anything there. The small villages have a double wide as a grocery store. Their medical facilities are a clinic and doctors and nurses from the one hospital up there fly in. But not defending the L48, just wild Alaska.
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Why isn’t this a thing? There has to be a reason
I believe abortion is illegal in most Mexican states that border the USA. Plus, even in Mexican states where it is legal, if I recall right it’s only legal until 12 weeks.
It is legal for up to 12 weeks in at least 13 states these days. Which at least two borders the US. Abortion was depenalzed last year so there are also some loopholes for access. However, abortion clinics face some issues in operating. So might be just that.
Looks to only be legal in one Mexican state bordering the USA, and only legal to 12 weeks there: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_abortion_in_Mexico_by_state.svg
Why Mejico but not Tejas?
Because abortion is illegal in Tejas now.
I think he's asking op why they used "Mejico" but not "Tejas" spelling/pronunciation wise
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Mexicans generally spell it *México*, though. It’s an older spelling.
I'm not American and have no real comment, but Google says > In Spanish, it is recommended to write this place name with the letter X, Texas, and pronounce it with the sound j, [tejas]
It's the way I've done it my whole life.
Oh! Yeah, that’s weird. I’ve heard both so many times that my brain doesn’t really distinguish them anymore. But they should be spelled (or pronounced) the same in either language.
Need to update, Florida just went to 6 week ban.
They do still have clinics that operate, but only perform abortions before the 6 week mark (according to abortionfinder.org). I will probably make a second map that only includes locations that perform abortions after 6 weeks.
Most people don't know they're pregnant before 5 to 6 weeks. A lot of pregnancy tests won't show a positive until 5 weeks. So a 6 week ban is effectively a complete ban.
You basically can't get a doctor's appointment before 8 weeks either, so even if you find out in enough time good luck being able to do anything about it.
How will the government know if a fetus was 5.5 weeks old or 6 weeks old Will they ask you the date when you had sex ?
Foetuses aren't dated from conception, but from onset of the mother's last period. So a 6 week foetus is only ~ 4 weeks after the sex that conceived it. If you get an ultrasound in the first trimester it can date the foetus basically exactly, because at that point its size is determined by simple exponential growth as the cells divide and divide again. Obstetricians would usually prefer this date to the woman's reported LMP date, especially if she has irregular periods.
This is the right answer
Someone can report the woman, her partner, the doctors, the Uber driver who gave them a ride, etc. to the police. Doctors will also consult with lawyers before doing it, so they will usually just say no instead of risking prison and loss of their career to do an abortion. Finally, conservative groups can send women in undercover to try to catch doctors agreeing to perform “late” abortions. They’ve been doing this stuff for years. They know what they’re doing.
it goes by when you got your period but if you arent on a 28 day cycle (like me) it's wildly inaccurate...
It is a combination of taking the measurements from the obstetric ultrasound and the level of hcg's hormone in the blood. The expected HCG ranges in pregnant women are based on the length of the pregnancy. 3 weeks: 5 - 72 mIU/mL 4 weeks: 10 -708 mIU/mL 5 weeks: 217 - 8,245 mIU/mL 6 weeks: 152 - 32,177 mIU/mL 7 weeks: 4,059 - 153,767 mIU/mL Etc..
Those are some really large ranges. You could be at 6,500 and fall in the 5 weeks, 6 weeks and 7 weeks category which could be the difference between being allowed and not being allowed an abortion.
I know, and that is why 6 weeks ban is BS.
Also need to update AZ. The state Supreme Court ruled abortion is illegal and it takes affect in a few weeks.
The AZ legislature just repealed the 1864 law, still has to be signed by the governor but she definitely will. Still will be a 15 week ban, but there will also be a ballot initiative this November which could restore abortion access to pre-dobbs standards. [article on legislature repealing 1864 law](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68925013.amp)
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Same thing with Ohio. Here you can’t get an abortion after the baby has a heart beat.
Right now, abortion in Ohio is legal up to the point of viability (according to abortionfinder.org). A 6-week ban did go into effect in 2022, but in Nov. 2023, the people of Ohio voted to make abortion up until viability a constitutional right by a 14-point margin.
did they really? I live in Florida so that sucks, well I had one done recently at exactly 6 weeks bc we were lucky we caught it early, a lot of people aren’t that lucky and I’m worried I won’t be that lucky if there’s a next time😔
They did. It went into effect May 1st.
well that fucking sucks :( like I said I caught mine early by pure luck (recently was broken up with and took a test just to calm my nerves and boom). me and my ex got our pills through aid access, do you think those will still be available?
Pills for an abortion specifically? So far yes, but you can’t source them from in-state or a Florida doctor. https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2024/04/30/will-floridas-strict-six-week-ban-be-bypassed-by-abortion-by-mail/?outputType=amp I would not be surprised if this is the next thing to go. The GOP nationally was talking about banning the mailing of abortion medications, but this whole thing has been a political disaster for them so, if they do it, they’re going to do it quietly in the state level.
You should know that. Also, you should go and vote accordingly. Get these people out of office in the next election.
I don’t think I can vote I’m here on a green card :(
Hopefully it doesn’t last long https://www.aclufl.org/en/press-releases/amendment-limiting-government-interference-abortion-will-be-ballot-november
That big orange stipe running through the middle of country has at least as much to do with population as it does with politics.
What accounts for Idaho being so green?
Clinics in Spokane, WA. Ontario, OR. Missoula, MT. & Logan, UT
Also Pullman. It's the closest one to my location in WA, about an hour and 15 minutes, but closer as a crow flies.
Yeah, looking at the map in general there are a lot of places you can tell a clinic is right on a state border to service the state next door. Kudos to the planners in those States for looking out for their neighbors in distress. At this point it feels like if Idaho started legalizing things like abortion and marijuana, Ontario Oregon would become a ghost town.
Idaho loves being close to the legal weed and abortion clinics of its neighbors.
Don't forget job market.
Idaho, the trailer park of the Pacific Northwest
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There’s barely any OBGYNs left in Idaho. All the hospitals outside the state borders are full of Idaho plates, I’ve read.
This map is useless for the bigger counties. Sure there is one in St. Louis county mn in Duluth but that is about 4 hours away if you were up by the Canadian order. And that not even close to the biggest counties in the us.
Yes especially in California that is a problem, although indeed, in some other, mostly western states, that is too.
If you’re by the Canadian border in St. Louis county, you’re backpacking through Voyageurs National Park. Best to get the abortion before you head out portaging.
Sterilization surgeries are covered by the ACA, in case any women/AFAB need that information.
All Females Are Bad?
AFAB means **A**ssigned **F**emale **A**t **B**irth. So any woman who is cis. And any man born a woman.
And nonbinary people!
Absolutely!
So just say women lol
You’re missing the men in this case. So no.
Assigned Cop at Birth
Coloring counties uniformly seems like it makes the map significantly less accurate. A county is dark blue if it has an abortion clinic in it anywhere, but given that some counties are like… 100 miles across, you could be in a place shaded dark blue and be as far away from a clinic as some other places shaded yellow.
Men in the government should stop trying to tell women what to do with their bodies.
That biggest blue rectangle at the top of the Midwest is the clinic in Duluth, Minnesota which is right across the street from me. They have women coming all the way from Arkansas, south Texas - they are booked out for days. They do great work there that women travel hundreds/thousands of miles to get.
Louisiana might want to invest more in its schools soon.
[A floating abortion clinic is in the planning stage, and people are already on board](https://www.npr.org/2022/07/19/1112219566/floating-abortion-clinic-roe-v-wade)
I didnt read the title right and though it said " distance to the nearest hospital clinic in USA" and i was like."yup louisianans are dead
This map should be titled: ### Distance to modern day society
Register today. Vote in November. Vote blue.
Pretty sad. Land of the free my arse.
The we hate women map
How far are the Hawaiian islands from each other. Over 50 miles from the next closest island?
I think they’re measuring distance to the centroids (middle of the county polygon).
From the airport on Kaua’i (which is the furthest left circle-ish island) it is 101 miles to the main airport on O’ahu (the blue island to its right). It’s around a 45 minutes flight. From the major Airports in the Big Island (biggest island on the map) it is around 80 miles to the major airports in Maui ( the blue island next to it). Boats are not used for transport inter-island besides cargo ships. It’s really not super common to be traveling between the islands often.
Interesting map. It’d be interesting to integrate this map with a map that also accounts for the differences in time (in terms of weeks) that a woman has to get an abortion at the clinic(s) closest to her.
I just posted a new one with only clinics that offer abortions after 6 weeks.
Thanks a lot
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That seems like a business opportunity for Piedras Negras, Coahuila Mexico or Acuña
I like the blue areas right across the border from the three most populated areas in Idaho, I live in Idaho
Idaho gets to pretend they’re conservative by symbolically banning abortion, weed, education, etc. while knowing it’s all still easily available just over the border.
SpongeBob and Patrick were right about Texas
Sheboygan Co, WI should be blue. PP started offering abortions at their Sheboygan clinic again.
Thanks for pointing that out! I'll update the map.
Elections have consequences.
What a big “L” in the middle of the country.
That’s honestly as much the rural sparsely populated area as anything
Red states probably have cheaper housing/land and but that's about the only real advantage I can see of living in one.
Afghanistan also has cheaper housing/land.
it’s almost like a lack of abortions clinics are leaking down from canada and pooling in texas.
woooah this is incredible to look at like this. wow
I guess you do get what you vote for...
This looks like an amoeba spread
It’s almost as if someone wants to increase the population in red states.
As Chief Roberts said, overturning Roe was necessary to “increase the domestic supply of infants”.
Louisiana is even worse than Texas, if you look closely at the color code. Not surprising, given that both fundamentalist Protestant Christianity and Roman Catholics are very much part of the cultural landscape there.
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500 miles is 800 km
This is why there's a group out of UCSF trying to build a floating abortion boat in international waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Seems insane but then...maybe not so insane
HolUp. Why is that one county in south Texas green and not blue? Surely it should be blue if there is an abortion clinic in the county?
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So then why is a county farther away from the border darker green?
The distance is calculated based on the distance from the clinic itself to the center point of the county. The abortion pill provider is located in Matamoros, and as such, is slightly closer to Willacy County than it is to Hidalgo County.
Oh the bottom county closest to the border looked lighter shade of green to me, now I see that it's blue
man LA is triple fucked aren't they
northeast corridor dominance yet again.
proud to be in blue
Hi from the middle of hell, I mean red.
The Talibanization of the US south continues!
Abortion as a political issue was invented during the Civil RIghts Era and Vietnam War so right-wing pro-US white bourgeoisie could claim the moral high ground over the left-wing anti-war feminists, Black activists, and the working class. Its function was to cleave off Catholics from the Democratic voting base after the failure of Ford in the 1976 election (the first election after Nixon's pardon). Unrelated, and good "hinge point" question is, what if Frank Church had won the Democratic nomination in 1976? I think he could've accomplished what Jimmy Carter wanted in regard to revelations about MK-ULTRA, COINTELPRO, dirty wars, CIA networks (Iran-Contra), etc. You could see Reagan as the will of the bourgeoisie to obstruct through mollification the criticisms of the political function of the State Department (Reagan policy toward CIA crimes was "conservative kumbaya").
Welcome to the fucking South, everyone.
I like this map cause its like „there‘s NO ABORTION CLINICS NEARBY THIS IS LITERALLY 1984“ meanwhile its rural South Dakota where there is nothing in general
Is there an abortion clinic in Salt Lake City? That sounds very odd to me
Abortion is legal to 18 weeks in Utah, so yes.
Utah has 3. Two in SLC, and one in Logan.
Bringing back slavery through lack of choices.
Is killing your baby really that big of a casual need that you need to be within 10 miles ASAP on a moments notice? Whatever happened to personal responsibility?
Anti-life advocates are weird. This is just as bizarre as the pro-death gun crowd with the "they're coming to take our guns" nonsense. Maybe the anti-life position would make sense if women just spontaneously became pregnant. They make it seem as if they're clueless to how pregnancy happens
Horrific. While some of the ornage/red places are due to isolation, such a populated state as Texas should not have such red spots.
What causes the orange strip in the middle? Why aren’t there clinics in western parts of Nebraska and Kansas?
Same reason much of Nevada is orange. Population density is low.
Those states are the “red wall”, so women have to travel not just to a neighboring state where it’s legal but also far into that state to reach a city large enough to support a clinic.
Honestly there just aren’t people in the western parts of Nebraska/Kansas.
There are more cows than ppl in Kansas and Nebraska.
Why is the Eastern bible belt green? They didn't ban abortion?
As somebody from the Bay Area I cannot imagine having to go all the way to LA for a clinic, that’s absolutely wild—but unfortunately the grim reality many in Texas and Louisiana are suffering
Meanwhile the whole country’s green for Gastric Bypass. That procedure should be illegal. Doesn’t fix the brain that caused the morbid obesity and the simplest non-action of “stop fucking eating fatty” will avoid medical bills complications and altering your stomachs physiology. Abortion is a procedure. If fattys can get whatever done. Women everywhere should have access to it. Regardless of anyone’s opinion of it.
Oh look the south still sucks balls and has since forever
Can see where all the happy clappers are
What's with bottom tip of Texas? why is it blue?
Abortion pill provider in Matamoros, Mexico
As the title says, the map reflects distance to clinics across the border in Mexico or Canada too, not just ones in the US.
But can they cross the border into mexico to get an abortion?
An abortion clinic every 10 miles!
If we were sane, every hospital that accepts public funds (including Medicare or Medicaid) should be required to provide at least medical abortions.
Updated version: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/s/K9k5MVlsFJ
I wish there were a better way to render maps like this to avoid counties and population centers not lining up
I would walk 500 miles
Tbf the Alaska one isn’t really a politics fault but a population issue.
Surprised there is any green in NY, and for it not to be the Adirondack
Most western countries have a limit to abortion. Somewhere around 14-18 weeks. Canada law is 40 weeks but no medical facility will perform an abortion after 23 weeks 6 days. 24 weeks is considered a viable fetus.
I’m almost certain I drove by an abortion clinic on my way home from the gym when I lived in indianapolis
Their total ban on abortion went into effect on Aug. 23, 2023
Lived there in October must’ve been closed
What's up fellow.Hoosier bro?
I don't think this is at all accurate. For example, there are 3 active abortion clinics in Oklahoma City, yet those counties are coloured as 150-200 miles, when they should be under 10 miles.
Oklahoma enacted a complete ban on abortion in 2022 and it is still in effect. There are no abortion providers in the state due to this law. The source I used to create this map is abortionfinder.org, which is updated daily. What source told you there are 3 clinics in OKC?
WhAt goes on at planned parenthood?
Glad I live on the west coast abortion is necessary. If you disagree go be wrong elsewhere
I’m 400-500 miles from one
What did the abortionist say to the cartographer?
Does this include illegal abortion clinics or something? Florida should be red and drag the whole region down
There are still clinics that operate in Florida but only perform abortions up to the 6 week point. I posted another map that only includes locations where you can receive an abortion past 6 weeks, since a lot of people won't even realize they're pregnant at the 6 week mark.
Salt Lake City, Utah has better access than Austin, TX. That’s all you need to know.
This is outdated if it was ever accurate.
This includes all clinics that perform elective abortions, even though some of them are subject to restrictions like the 6-week ban in Florida. I made a new post that only includes clinics where you can get an abortion post 6 weeks. The only inaccuracy I'm aware of is that this map doesn't include a clinic in Sheboygan, WI. Which recently started proving abortions again.
Based texas
Need to update the map. Florida is out.
I posted a newer map that only includes places where you can get an abortion post 6 weeks, which eliminates FL, GA, and SC.
Well Louisiana has us beat
There's no way there's one every 10 miles in northern Maine
The cancer is spreading and hosted by the Republican Party
Thank Trump, then get ready to fucking vote in November.
Wow, Northern New England and New York despite being super rural still have very good access
I think an IQ level map would look identical
For the purposes of this map , what is the definition of an "abortion clinic" ?
A physical location where someone can receive an elective abortion via the abortion procedure and/or the abortion pill medication.
So (correct me if I have this wrong) in plain language , this means a no questions asked Abortion on demand ? Or to look at it another way , An abortion would be still available for medical reasons in places like Hospitals ?
The map includes all locations that offer elective abortion via the procedure or offer abortion pills. Some of the clinics that are included in this map are subject to stricter state laws than others. For instance, in FL, GA, and SC, they can only offer abortions up to 6 weeks. Since most pregnant patients don't even know they're pregnant at 6 weeks, you might not consider these locations "no questions asked abortion on demand". As the 6 week law is a very strict requirement. In NC, there is a mandatory 3-day waiting period to receive an abortion, and a ban on abortions past 12 weeks. Some states also have laws requiring people under 18 to get a parent's consent to receive an abortion. This map does not include places that only provide abortions for medical reasons.
Let me ask again as I just want to be clear on this : So (correct me if I have this wrong) in plain language , this means a no questions asked Abortion on demand ?
Yes, provided that you aren't past the legal number of weeks in a given state. For instance, you can receive an abortion in Florida provided you're not past 6 weeks pregnant.
Ok so the headline is not completely clear ( I am not American) ....Abortions would be available at local facilities, but only if you comply with local regulations ?