HELP WANTED:
The Provider Shortage

Available on VHS (17 minutes)

A young woman bicycles across country as a tribute to murdered abortion provider, Dr. Barnett Slepian. Along the way, she visits women's clinics to call attention to the abortion provider shortage and talks about her hope for a new generation of abortion providers.

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An update from Medical Students for Choice:

Abortion has been legal since 1973 in the United States, and since 1988 in Canada. Unfortunately, access to abortion services in both countries has been severely eroded. It has become increasingly difficult for women in most American states and Canadian provinces to access abortion services. According to a survey conducted in the U.S. in 2000, 87% of counties overall, and 97% of non-metropolitan counties, had no abortion provider. Read more

NARAL Pro-Choice America explains that making abortion access more difficult and dangerous is a key tactic in the anti-choice movement’s strategy. Read more and learn what you can do

More statistics are available from the Abortion Access Project