'Since S.B. 8 took effect on September 1, exactly what we feared would happen has come to pass,' said Melaney Linton, president of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast.
Since the implementation of a new abortion law in Texas two weeks ago, women are traveling hundreds of miles to neighboring states where officials fear clinics will be swamped by patients seeking care.
One patient who was around five weeks pregnant had no cardiac activity but learned during her visit she had COVID-19, meaning that after a mandatory quarantine she would be too far along in her pregnancy to have an abortion in Texas, according to Linton. "Texas Right to Life is not surprised by the Biden administration's desperate move to stop the Texas Heartbeat Act from saving lives by any means necessary and as quickly as possible. We expect an impartial court to declare the DOJ's lawsuit invalid," said Elizabeth Graham, the group's vice president.
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