The Pudding visualises the often laborious and damaging path some who needs an abortion needs to take if situated in the US as a series of mazes.
Even whilst. Roe vs Wade was in force the process was often full of “twists, turns and roadblocks”. But now, since its overturning in 2022, states have the power to take away someone’s right to an abortion, even to ban abortion entirely. 13 did exactly that. Some other states made access harder, and a few put new legislation in place to protect this important right.
Whilst interacting with The Pudding’s visualisation you find yourself following a story of an individual, based on a real-life case, who is seeking such a service whilst trying to make your way through a literal maze of a complexity related to the real life difficulty of obtaining this important medical care - whether this be, for instance, California’s relatively simple process or Tennessee’s fiendishly complicated effort.
In no case are the individual’s stories entirely uncomplicated. A maze is still a maze. But this very effectively, and very creatively, highlights the huge variation in the access our US friends have to this type of healthcare.
