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- [Journalist] Journalist] It's a bird.

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It's a plane.

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It's the fight for abortion rights.

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- (crowd chanting) My body, my choice.

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My body, my choice.

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- [Journalist] As abortion rights become

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increasingly encroached upon,

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and the end of Roe is likely imminent

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an unlikely crew of people

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are bringing their skills to the table.

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- Elevated access is a group of pilots

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that are volunteering their
time, skill, aircraft,

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and resources to provide transportation

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for reproductive healthcare
and gender confirming care.

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- [Journalist] Elevated access
works with abortion funds

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and direct support
organizations to connect them

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with patients in need of
traveling for healthcare.

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Pilots volunteer to fly patients

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in small private planes
to their destinations,

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and then connect them

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with ground transportation
at no cost to the patient.

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As you can see on this
map, a significant portion

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of the population would have
to travel around 200 miles

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or more to receive abortion care.

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That's about a four and
a half hour car ride,

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and that distance will only become greater

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on average when Roe is overturned

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and more states ban abortion care.

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In 2017, there were as little as

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1600 facilities that provided
abortions in the U.S..

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In comparison

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there are over three
times that many airports

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in the U.S.,

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a little over 5,000 of them.

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And airports are much
more evenly spread out,

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not bound by political discrepancies.

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- We can grab somebody
from pretty much any state

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and get them to the
healthcare that they need.

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- [Journalist] So to the pilots

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and passengers at elevated access,

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please have a safe flight.