Texas’s Opportunistic Abortion Ban Puts Women’s Lives at Risk

Texas’s Opportunistic Abortion Ban Puts Women’s Lives at Risk

4/15/2020
by Dr. Sara Simons

I was midway through my volunteer shift for a Texas abortion fund hotline when the Texas attorney general banned abortions.

I realized something was amiss when I spoke to a college student who had called our hotline that morning, March 23, seeking funding for her procedure.

By the time I reached her that afternoon, the clinic where her appointment was scheduled for March 25 had been shut down until April 21.

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