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Headline : NC abortion providers brace for influx of patients from the South

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A six-week abortion ban taking effect today in Florida will usher in a significant shift in abortion access in the South. The new restrictions position North Carolina as one of the last places in the South that allows abortion past six weeks of pregnancy โ€” a point at which many women do not yet know they are pregnant.

Floridaโ€™s four dozen-plus abortion clinics provided about 86,340 abortions up to 15 weeks gestation in 2023 โ€” representing 1 in 12 abortions nationwide โ€” according to data from the Guttmacher Institute, a national organization that tracks trends in reproductive health.ย 

However, the number of abortions provided in the state will drop significantly with the new six-week restriction in place. By comparison, in the month after South Carolina implemented its six-week ban on Aug. 23, abortions dropped by about 71 percent and have remained at a reduced volume, according to data from Guttmacher.

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