Doctors' worst fears about the Texas abortion law are coming true Enlarge this image toggle caption Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images In the days after the new Texas abortion law known as SB 8 took effect last September, Anna was planning her wedding to her fiancé, Scott. Sponsor Message "I don't want to be talking …
Editor’s Note: Dr. Amna Dermish is an abortion care provider and regional medical director at Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas. Since September 1, my staff and I have been forced to comply with an extreme abortion ban – SB 8 – that has blocked patients from getting an abortion at approximately six weeks of pregnancy, before many patients know they …
A Louisiana clinic struggles to absorb the surge created by Texas' new abortion law Enlarge this image toggle caption Sarah McCammon/NPR Sarah McCammon/NPR The day before a federal judge blocked enforcement of Texas' restrictive new abortion law, the parking lot of Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, La., was filled with Texas license plates. "I drove 6 hours and …