Are there plans to open a floating abortion clinic in the Gulf of Mexico?
By Jacob Alabab-Moser
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Dr. Amy Autry, an OB-GYN and professor at the University of California San Francisco, is spearheading an effort to provide reproductive health care, including abortion services up to 14 weeks, on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico.
Autry said she is currently fundraising to acquire and retrofit a vessel as well as cover ongoing expenses, which she estimates will cost at least $20 million.
By occupying federal waters, Autry's legal team believes the floating clinic can legally provide abortions to people living in states that have banned the procedure following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
A similar service, which provides women lacking abortion access with abortion pills in international waters, is offered by Women on Waves.
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