FIGURE 1—

Change in total number of abortions by residential zip code for 2 years before (June 20, 2006–June 24, 2008) and after (June 25, 2008–June 30, 2010) telemedicine was introduced in Planned Parenthood of the Heartland clinics in Iowa.

Note. Mapping results are smoothed. A, B, C, and D = clinics that provide surgical abortion (solid and broken rings indicate distances of 25 and 50 miles, respectively). Yellow squares = clinics that intermittently offered medical abortion before telemedicine was introduced when a doctor traveled to the clinic and later became telemedicine sites. Yellow triangles = clinics that began offering medical abortion after telemedicine was introduced.