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The Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade has made it harder for many pregnant people to access abortion services — at least on land. One California-based doctor and activist has an idea: Why not offer them at sea?

Dr. Meg Autry, an OB-GYN and professor at the University of California at San Francisco, has been mulling over this question since long before Dobbs decision. She says she was inspired by the casino boats she would see in the Mississippi River while growing up in the south.
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Here's where abortions are now banned or strictly limited, and where they may be soon

As many states tightened their restrictions on abortion — and dozens now move to ban it altogether — Autry assembled a legal team to look into whether it might be possible to offer that care by boat. After assessing their options, they're working towards the goal of providing abortion services in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico (though not without anticipated legal challenges and safety concerns).

Autry created and runs the nonprofit PRROWESS, whose acronym stands for Protecting Reproductive Rights of Women Endangered by State Statutes. She says their planning was years in the making, since they anticipated the Supreme Court might issue such a ruling and wanted to be ready to go public as soon as that happened. ...