Ushma Upadhyay

associate professor at UC San Francisco’s Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health

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Although countless people travel to California for abortion services each year, the state’s own residents don’t all have easy access to abortions.

Quickly providing more abortion services in CA will be daunting

Although countless people travel to California for abortion services each year, the state’s own residents don’t all have easy access to abortions.

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