Post-Roe, North Carolina abortion refuge [Video]

RALEIGH, N.C. — Its been over eight months since the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, giving the power to regulate abortions back to the states. As a result of this decision, state abortion laws since the ruling is all over the spectrum. 

With many states enacting abortion restrictions or bans since the ruling, the states that still provide access to legal abortion have seen a predictable influx of people traveling from other states to access abortion services. 

Findings from a study by the Society of Family Planning’s #WeCount project show that, between April and August of 2022, North Carolina was the state with the highest increase in abortions, with a 37% increase.

The #WeCount project is a national effort to track and report changes in abortion access in the post-Roe climate.

This increase falls in line with predictions that North Carolina would become …