Kaniya was right in the middle of spring finals at college last year when she found out she was pregnant.
“I didn’t have the resources to support a child,” said Kaniya, who asked to use only her first name to protect her privacy. “I wasn’t making enough money financially. I was working multiple jobs. I didn’t have the capacity to care for a child.”
The now-21-year-old made a difficult decision to have an abortion. Her first choice was to do it near her family so she would have their support and care. But they lived in Kentucky, a state that implemented a near-total abortion ban after the Dobbs decision two years ago.
Kaniya tried to make an appointment near her Maryland home. But every clinic she called was booked for weeks,…
