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Florida is experiencing expanding maternal care deserts, particularly in Latino regions like Immokalee, where pregnant women must travel long distances for care due to a lack of specialists and hospitals with labor and delivery wards. Since 2023, fears related to immigration status inquiries at medical centers have further reduced prenatal care visits, exacerbating challenges in maternal health access amid restrictive state abortion laws and significant funding for crisis pregnancy centers.

Since Florida's six-week abortion ban took effect in May 2024, the number of pregnant women traveling out of state for abortions has tripled, rising from 2,800 in 2023 to 10,200 in 2025. Many Floridians now travel primarily to North Carolina, the nearest state allowing abortions past six weeks, facing significant financial and logistical barriers, especially among low-income and immigrant women.