A new report finds Kansas clinics saw a 36% rise in abortions in the months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and many nearby states banned abortion. That could be pushing some Kansans to order abortion pills from overseas. The rise at Kansas clinics reflects the deep-red state’s unlikely role as an abortion refuge for women from across the midwest and south. The report found it was the second-largest increase in the country. Clinics can’t keep up with the demand. Emily Wales, President of Planned Parenthood, Great Plains, says that’s forcing some Kansans to go out of state to get care. She says they are telling patients about potential access to care in Illinois or New Mexico or Colorado.
A different report says more Kansans are now ordering abortion pills from overseas, side-stepping the state’s ban on prescribing the pills over telemedicine. Between April and August, orders from Kansas to the Dutch-run organization Aid Access doubled.
