Texas abortion providers say they've been forced to turn away patients under new law

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Texas abortion providers say they've been forced to turn away patients under new law
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A day after the nation's most restrictive anti-abortion law went into effect, doctors and advocates reported a steep decline in abortions across Texas.

, doctors and advocates reported a steep decline in abortions across Texas.

MORE: Texas abortion law alarms reproductive justice advocates: 'We are forcing people into generational poverty' Nearly 90% of women who are seeking abortions in the state are past their sixth week, abortion rights advocates in Texas told ABC News Thursday.Speaker of the House Dade Phelan, strikes his gavel as the House votes on an amendment to election bill SB1, Aug. 26, 2021, in Austin, Texas.

Rebecca Tong, who operates an abortion clinic in neighboring Oklahoma, said she's become inundated with out-of-state calls.

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