Nearly seven weeks passed between Jill Hartle learning that she was losing her first pregnancy and her receiving abortion care in Washington, D.C.

Every day between July and September 2022, the South Carolina native had to pass Charleston’s Planned Parenthood Clinic and the crowd of anti-abortion protesters gathered before it as she drove to her hair studio. Every two hours, she had to respond to excitement from clients at the sight of her pregnant belly with the revelation that her child wasn’t going to make it and that she would soon travel out of state to terminate the pregnancy. Every time, she had to watch their faces drop as they realized she was obtaining an abortion.

“Walking through the world visibly pregnant, knowing that your child is not going to survive, is one of the most h

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