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Adolescents faced obstacles getting abortions. The Supreme Court just made it harder

The legal and logistical obstacles young people face in accessing reproductive health care became more complicated with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, experts say.
Protesters hold up signs during an abortion-rights rally on Saturday in Austin, Texas.

Before last week, adolescents seeking abortions in the U.S. already had to struggle through a thicket of legal hurdles and logistical challenges to access reproductive health care.

The Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade made it that much harder.

A number of states have already banned or severely restricted abortions in light of the ruling — laws that apply equally to adolescents and adults.

Young people who go out of state to seek abortions elsewhere in the

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