AdvertisementLong Drives, Costly Flights, And Wearying Waits: What Abortion Requires In The SouthAugust 02, 2021Sarah VarneyfacebookEmailBecca Turchanik, of Nashville, Tennessee, drove four hours to Atlanta for an abortion in 2019, and the emotions of the ordeal have stayed with her, she says. She's angry that she had to call from state to state to find care, and that she couldn't have her abortion close to home, with friends nearby. "We got an appointment in Georgia because that was the only place that had appointments," she says. (Laura E. Partain for Kaiser Health News)