Abortion remains legal in California, but here's why it could get harder for some to access

Abortion remains legal to Californians following the right-wing Supreme Court’s decision last month, which overturned federal protections for this reproductive right. But in practice, the ruling could significantly affect communities of color in the state’s Central Valley, many of whom are lower income, Latina, and “already have limited access to health care,” The Fresno Bee reports.

The reason why these residents stand to be affected by the right-wing court’s decision is because of patients traveling from states with abortion bans, ”and that could exacerbate a shortage of medical providers in the Valley, lead to longer wait times for patients and force Valley residents to seek abortions and reproductive care elsewhere in the state,” the report said.

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