Although almost every other state tracks abortion information, California is one of three that does not. CAPublicHealth has not kept track of any abortion data since 1997. When CalMatters asked why, the agency did not provide an answer.
. Most lawmakers are even willing to foot the multi-million-dollar bill.
“Every journalist and every legislator I’ve talked to in the past six months wants to know how many people are coming to California,” Pinckney said. Next year, most insurance plans in the state will be required to eliminate out-of-pocket fees for abortion services, meaning the money will go primarily to uninsured Californians and out-of-state residents.
However, much like the question of how many non-residents will seek abortions here, the number of Californians who need additional support is at best a guesstimate.“It is my dream to set up some sort of surveillance system for California,” said Ushma Upadhyay, a leading abortion researcher and associate professor-in-residence at UC San Francisco’s Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health.
Those estimates are also based on driving distance and don’t take into account the fact that California’s major transportation hubs make flying a convenient option, Planned Parenthood’s Matsubara said. Evidence from ACCESS already shows women from states farther away than Arizona are seeking abortions in California, with 18 states represented among its clients.“We want to know these numbers because we want policy to reflect what people need,” Carrión said.
There is no policy preventing the department from collecting abortion data, according to an emailed statement from Matt Conens, a spokesperson for the California Department of Public Health. When asked specifically why the health department doesn’t track abortions, Conens said it is not required. The California Department of Health Care Access and Information collects annual data from hospitals and surgery centers, which captures surgical abortions regardless of insurance status, but the department does not receive any data from abortion clinics, spokesperson Andrew DiLuccia said in an email.
UCSF abortion researcher Upadhyay said while $1 million isn’t a lot compared to how much research typically costs, it is an important signal of California’s committment to abortion rights.
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