Traveling out of state for an abortion can be prohibitively expensive. Here's how easily the costs add up.
now must do, adds hundreds of dollars to a procedure that already cost up to $1,500. In Texas, neither public nor private insurers may cover abortions, forcing people to pay out of pocket for the procedure unless they’ve purchased a separate abortion insurance policy.
It’s not always as simple as traveling one state over. Of the four states bordering Texas ― Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and New Mexico ― three require anyone seeking an abortion to sit through mandatory counseling and then go through a wait period. In, that’s 24 hours, but in Arkansas and Oklahoma, it’s 72 hours. Those three states also ban abortion at 20 weeks of pregnancy, putting an additional time constraint on anyone traveling there to have an abortion.
For many Texans, those days traveling and waiting for an abortion will also mean days going without pay. “We’ve been in constant communication with providers, other abortion funds and financial support boards in those locations to really understand if they can meet these needs,” she added. “And they said they will meet the need as much as they can, but they know that there’s no way that they’ll be able to meet every Texan that walks through their door.”
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