Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY
Dec 12, 2023
April Matson was a single mother of two on a six-hour interstate quest to find a legal abortion.
Matson loved being a parent, but the 25-year-old Native American couldn’t afford another child on her small salary as a food co-op manager. So, in 2016, Matson and a friend set out from Rapid City, South Dakota, for the long drive to Fort Collins, Colorado, for a $650 abortion. To save money, Matson spent two nights after the procedure recovering in a tent at a campsite.