Crossing state lines to get an abortion is a new legal minefield, with courts to decide if there’s a right to travel
- Written by Naomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
An examination room at a Jacksonville abortion clinic in April 2024, shortly before Florida's six-week abortion ban went into effect.Joe Raedle/Getty Images Almost half of the states in the country have made it harder to get an abortion since the Supreme Court in 2022 overturned the federal right to get an abortion. Fourteen states ban abortions...


