Driving times in the South have skyrocketed following Florida's abortion ban by Center for American Progress

This visualization illustrates the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court Dobbs decision and subsequent state laws, such as the Florida 6-week abortion ban, on abortion access in the United States. It uses one-way drive time to nearest abortion clinic data to tell a story of real-world hardship that these federal and state policies would create for women in need of abortion access, across congressional districts.

It was important to us that readers could drill-down into information relevant to their local congressional district, including congressional representative, how their proximity to the nearest abortion clinic had changed since the Dobbs decision, and the size and proportion of the affected population of reproductive age women in their district. We felt this localized context would help to disaggregate and personalize the story for our readers, enhance understanding, and shine a light on congressional representatives who may help decide the future of abortion access in the United States.