It was summer, midday and hot when the girl arrived at the tiny regional airport. She appeared to be 14 or 15, although she could have been younger, and was wearing pyjamas and “carrying a stuffed animal for support,” recalls Michelle, who was there to meet her.The girl was seeking an abortion, and Michelle, a licensed pilot, was about to fly her to another state so she could get one.Just weeks earlier, on June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court had overturned Roe v Wade, the 1973 ruling that enshrined the legal right to abortion, thereby allowing states to enact bans. The girl’s home state had a “trigger law” on the books and had almost immediately banned abortion with very few exceptions. Now she needed to travel hundreds of miles to the nearest clinic offering abortions.
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