Access to abortion care in the United States (US) is limited by the availability of abortion providers—the number of providers, their geographic distribution, and their willingness to accept insurance. The number of abortion providers in the country has declined in recent years; the most recent census of abortion providers estimated a total of 1720 in the US in 2011, down 4% in just three years from 1793 in 2008 and down 5% from 1819 in 2000 . The geographic distribution of providers is not uniform; most providers are concentrated in major cities and not easily accessed by would-be patients in more rural areas. While among all US counties in 2011, 89% had no abortion provider (and were home to 38% of US women aged 15–44), rural counties were less likely to have a provider: 97% of rural counties had no provider compared to 69% of urban counties [1, 2]. In California, 45% of counties (home to 5% of CA women 15–44) had no abortion provider .