
Providers are seeing more patients in need of abortions later in pregnancy as abortion bans and restrictions proliferate(激增,迅速增加) in US states, all while(与此同时,在……期间) access to insurance falls.
随着美国各州堕胎禁令和限制措施激增,同时获得保险的机会减少,医疗服务提供者发现需要孕晚期堕胎的患者越来越多。
Those bans and restrictions have also meant that later abortion care access has grown over the past decade in a handful of(少量的,少数几个) haven(避风港,安全的地方) states and cities.
这些禁令和限制也意味着,在过去十年中,少数几个“避风港”州和城市的孕晚期堕胎服务可及性有所增加。
Patients are showing up “later and sicker” in need of reproductive(生殖的,生育的) healthcare, said Diane Horvath, a co-founder of Partners in Abortion Care in Maryland.
马里兰州“堕胎护理伙伴”组织的联合创始人黛安·霍瓦特表示,患者前来寻求生殖健康护理时,往往“更晚且病情更重”。
Costs tend to rise later in pregnancy
孕晚期费用往往更高
‘This is life-saving work’
“这是拯救生命的工作”