How are you supposed to finance that?' Ohio college students face barriers to abortion access

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Cost, distance, and lack of transportation are unique challenges college students face when it comes to abortion access and reproductive health care.
BY: MEGAN HENRY AND SUSAN TEBBEN - JULY 5, 2023 5:00 AM

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/07/05/how-are-you-supposed-to-finance-that-ohio-college-students-face-barriers-to-abortion-access/


snip--"Ohio has six surgical abortion clinics located in Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Bedford Heights, Cuyahoga Falls, and Dayton. The closest abortion clinic to Ohio University is more than an hour away and the nearest surgical abortion clinic to Bowling Green State University is about two hours away."

snip--"There’s also a 24-hour waiting period in Ohio, meaning women have to go to an abortion clinic twice."

snip--"College students are usually still on their parents’ health insurance, which can be another potential barrier."

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[Lonestarblue]

1. College students are old enough to vote, though most red states try to make it difficult.

Young people need to make their voices heard at the ballot box.

[CTyankee]

2. Little by little, these bans are having their effects.

What if your daughter needs abortion care and follow up? How will she get it? Even if she financially and physically can do it, how will this affect her college studies and, down the line, her life and career plans after graduation? Back in the day before Roe many young women found their career dreams ruined by an unplanned pregnancy. This puts us right back to those days again and was deliberately planned to happen that way.