Article 6B4HJ 'It's something I have to do': pilots who fly abortion patients across state lines – video

'It's something I have to do': pilots who fly abortion patients across state lines – video

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Lina Lyte Plioplyte, Tom Silverstone, Richard Spre
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Ben is one of hundreds of volunteer pilots in the US flying people across state lines in their small private planes so they can obtain abortion healthcare. He's part of an Illinois-based group called Elevated Access that connects pilots with patients. Since the overturning of Roe v Wade in 2022 dismantled 50 years of legal protection around abortion access in the US, thousands of patients are now forced to travel to obtain the healthcare they need - which can be expensive, time consuming and risky

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