If the Republicans win the Pennsylvania governor’s race while retaining their hold on the state House and Senate, abortion will almost certainly be banned in the state, one way or another.
. Abortion-rights advocates in Ohio believed that the state’s “fetal heartbeat” law, which banned abortions after about six weeks, and had been blocked by a federal judge in 2019, would soon be reinstated, but they expected the process to take up to a month. Instead, Ohio’s attorney general, Dave Yost, almost immediately filed a motion to have the injunction lifted, and the judge agreed.
In the days after Dobbs, the two clinics that had served Helen, in Cleveland and Pittsburgh, became sad inversions of one another. Both were initially overwhelmed with calls, but Preterm soon saw half as many patients, while Allegheny Repro saw twice the usual number.
The surge in patients extended to eastern Pennsylvania. In the Lehigh Valley, Allentown Women’s Center saw its number of out-of-state patients double within a week. This included “an overflow” from the Pittsburgh clinics, which are five hours away by car. The Cherry Hill Women’s Center, in New Jersey, just east of Philadelphia, is serving many more patients from Ohio, and also from Texas and Florida.
When Ohio restricted abortion access after Dobbs, Cleveland Clinic expressed alarm and stated that it was reviewing “out-of-state reproductive health services” for employees. U.P.M.C. remained silent. There was no statement condemning Dobbs or vowing to supplement the services of Allegheny Repro and Planned Parenthood—a striking omission, given that complex abortions are often performed at U.P.M.C.
Between my first and last interviews with pro-choice advocates in Pittsburgh, I noticed a change: early on, they were willing to talk at length about their work, including driving women in from Ohio. Later, they asked that I anonymize them, and refused to say where the driving was taking place, citing the advice of counsel.
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