Demand has quadrupled at some California abortion clinics since Roe fell

Moreno Valley Mall shoppers walk on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, past a Planned Parenthood sign that states: “Abortion is safe and still legal.” (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

One woman had never flown on a plane before and was petrified to make the journey from Texas to California. Another drove all night from El Paso to make her appointment because she couldn’t miss work. A third was so worried about getting in trouble that she asked the staff at Planned Parenthood if they could wipe her phone and destroy all evidence of her abortion.

Six months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v.

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