Abortions in Texas have stopped. Clinics and abortion funds are ceasing services now because the attorney general of Texas is arguing that state laws that banned abortion before Roe v. Wade — that were never repealed — could now be in effect.
A mural on the Whole Woman’s Health clinic in McAllen on May 4. Whole Woman’s Health said it has temporarily halted abortion services in its four Texas clinics — in Austin, Fort Worth, McAllen and McKinney., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
“We must pause abortion services at our separate organizations while our legal teams continue to review today’s devastating ruling and how it impacts and triggers existing Texas laws, including total abortion bans,” said Jeffrey Hons, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood South Texas. Whole Woman’s Health, the nation’s largest independent abortion provider, said it has temporarily halted abortion services in its four Texas clinics located in Austin, Fort Worth, McAllen and McKinney.
“Due to the uncertainty and risk of what the decision could bring, we are pausing funding today until we have had a chance to understand the decision,” the Texas Equal Access Fund2004 case The opinion has spooked providers and funds enough to cease abortion services immediately, accelerating the arrival of the post-Roe world in Texas: a world in which people who need abortions must spend time, money and resources to travel outside of the state to obtain services, a monetary privilege many can not afford.
"We are in a gray area with respect to what are sometimes called zombie laws, the pre-Roe holdovers," Berman said."In some ways, it’s sort of going to be up to local prosecutors to decide if they want to bring cases."
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