Springfield-based Elevated Access in early June flew its first abortion patient from Oklahoma City to terminate a pregnancy in Kansas, its executive director said.
Nikki Tran of Washington, holds up a sign with pictures of Supreme Court Justices Thomas, Kavanaugh, Alito, Coney Barrett, and Gorsuch, as demonstrators protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on May 3, 2022, in Washington.
“Even before Roe ends, it’s not easy to access an abortion,” said the nonprofit’s executive director, who asked to remain anonymous for his safety, citing the heightened threat of violence surrounding reproductive rights as the Supreme Court ruling approaches. “While voting and giving money are important to try and stop this backslide of people’s rights in this country, doing something directly to try and help people get out of that burden is very important to me.
“People’s lives are complicated and getting them to their care isn’t always a straight shot,” she said. Instead, the patient left home at 8 a.m. to get to the airplane and then returned by 6 p.m. the same day, eliminating the need for multiday travel.“They were able to get back to their life and their kids,” the executive director said. “It was someone who had never flown before.”
The planes typically have a single-propeller engine and can fly one to three passengers up to 100 miles per hour, the website says. The aircraft take off and land at small, private airports, which can be more flexible to schedule and eliminate some of the bureaucracy of commercial flights; the experience also tends to offer more privacy compared with commercial airlines, the executive director said.
As of the end of May, over 150 pilots from around the country had expressed interest in volunteering and about a third have completed the vetting process, the executive director said.
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