NWAAF has worked with the Bend clinic for 20 years, and they are collaborating to meet the needs of a growing number of patients.ĭennis-Cook says her clinic is providing additional training for staff and modifying schedules “to ensure that we can accommodate increases in patient numbers” as more people travel farther for care.īefore the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Northwest Abortion Access Fund, a nonprofit that helps patients pay for travel and the procedure itself, has been tapped to receive the first $1 million. Wade, as more patients travel from states where the procedure is banned or greatly restricted.Īnticipating an abortion ban in Idaho, Oregon lawmakers earlier this year created a $15 million fund to increase access to abortion services. Some facilities serving rural communities in states where abortion remains legal worry those pre-existing challenges could be further compounded by the overturning of Roe v.
Oregon alone is larger geographically than the entire United Kingdom. West, many abortion providers serving rural areas were already struggling to meet demand in a vast region where staffing shortages and long travel distances are barriers to reproductive services for women. “We've already started hiring,” said Joanna Dennis-Cook, the Bend Health Center Manager.Īcross the U.S. In the central Oregon city of Bend, the sole Planned Parenthood clinic serving the eastern half of the state is bracing for an influx of patients, particularly from neighboring Idaho, where a trigger law banning most abortions is expected to take effect this summer.
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