The Hyde Amendment was also being used to keep some of the most financially precarious communities from accessing abortion care. In the two years since Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, abortion access has become even graver; 16 states have passed near or total abortion bans, rendering entire regions of the country abortion deserts. In response to the 2022 Supreme Court ruling, some states began passing proactive abortion protections, making abortion care in those states more accessible. And in a survey of people who self-managed with abortion pills, 96.4% successfully completed their abortion without needing an additional procedure and only 1% experienced a medical emergency. Dana Johnson, Ph.D., an abortion researcher at Ibis Reproductive Health, is tracking this trend in the U.S. She’s particularly excited about the emergence of “advance provision” in abortion care, where people can order “just in case” abortion pills online before they’re even pregnant.