Garin Christensen

Four years after the Dobbs decision, advocates for later abortion access clash over strategies, with some pushing to repeal gestational bans in 21 states and others focusing on earlier abortion access. Erika Christensen and Kate Dineen, who faced challenges accessing late-term abortions due to legal restrictions, highlight the complexity and limited availability of later procedures, which remain controversial and heavily criticized by anti-abortion groups.

Four years after the Dobbs decision, advocates debate strategies for expanding later abortion access, highlighted by cases like Kate Dineen's denied abortion in Massachusetts due to gestational limits and Erika Christensen's founding of Patient Forward after facing restrictions in 2016. The article notes challenges in accessing later abortions, with some states maintaining bans after 18 weeks and advocates pushing for reform.

Four years after the Dobbs decision, advocates for later abortion access clash over strategies, with some pushing to repeal gestational bans in 21 states while others focus on earlier access. Erika Christensen founded Patient Forward after needing to travel for an abortion due to pregnancy complications, and Kate Dineen faced a gestational limit in Massachusetts when her fetus suffered a catastrophic stroke. Later abortions remain rare, complex, and politically contentious.