Thursday 3 November 2022 08:19 PM Pictured: Inside America's first mobile abortion clinic trends now

This is America's first mobile abortion clinic — a 37-foot long RV that will operate on the outskirts of states where the procedure has been outlawed.

The clinic is operated by the women's health non-profit Planned Parenthood and will travel along the Illinois border to provide abortions to women in Kentucky and Missouri.

It only contains a few rooms, big enough to hold a few people at a time. 

There is a waiting room at the entrance before a long, narrow, hallway brings a woman to a small operating room in the back where the procedure is performed.

Outside, there is a window and canopy for women to discuss case with a Planned Parenthood member before coming inside. 

By the end of the year, the clinic hopes to be able to provide abortions by medication. Surgical abortions will be accessible within the clinic next year, Planned Parenthood says.  

The organization says that abortions at their clinics cost up to $750, though the procedure will often be covered by a woman's insurance. 

Kentucky and Missouri have implemented heavy restrictions on abortion in the time since the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v Wade ruling from 1973.

In Missouri, abortion is banned without exception. The state had a trigger law that went into effect when the high court passed down the ruling in June.

Kentucky women are barred from receiving an abortion except in cases were serious injury or death is likely if they give birth.

Planned Parenthood hopes that women in these states will be able to easily travel to Illinois - where there are no restrictions - and safely get the procedure.

A recent report found the average travel time for an abortion has tripled since the Dobbs v Jackson decision, from 30 minutes to 100.

Abortion has been banned outright in a dozen states, with the portion severely restricted in both Georgia and North Dakota as well. In 19 states, there are no restrictions on abortion.