jason, it is important to understand the limits of law. will law play a role here? surely it will. it is clear that this law, sb-8 violates the constitution. it was drafted for the purpose of evading federal court review and having it being a adjudicat. it is some what susceptible to political pressure or at least mindful of those pressures. the law takes a long time. it is going to be a while before a challenge makes its way into the state s system. it does not matter because this law was drafted purposely to ensure that it would go into effect and it will cobble in texas. that s what s going to happen. even if this law is later declared unconstitutional, you can t unring this bell. we saw this in hb-2.
first time we have experienced an abortion ban in the state of texas. as you described, what happened to hb 2 in 2013 and 2014 and then very recently last year during the pandemic governor abbott issued and executive order which virtually banned abortion in the state of texas for more than three weeks. and what we see is the vast majority of people being forced to carry a pregnancy against their will. most people can t travel out side of texas. our patients are primarily parents already. almost 70% of our patients are parenting. they have multiple jobs. they re juggling school and juggling childcare and especially in the context of this pandemic. making a decision to travel out of state has multiple risks. so what we ve seen is wondering if we ll be able to knock the law down and reopen, asking us
found nothing in texas s record of evidence that shows that the new law advanced texas legitimate interests in protecting women s health. she wrote a concurrence of her own saying laws like hb 2, the law in texas at the time, laws like this that do little or nothing for health that they rather strewn impediments to abortion that cannot survive judicial inspection. thanks to that united states supreme court ruling in 2016, a bunch of texas abortion clin ukz were able to stay open or reopen after having been shut h i can tell you that the whole women s health clinic in mcallen, texas, did reopen and it is open and offering services right now today. but even on that day in 2016 when we talked to miss miller, you could hear the elation with that win from her, even on that day when the supreme court
44. so there was a reduction. then in november of 2013 when hb 2 was in effect, it went to 22. right? that s where we re at right now. we re also seeing more and more women take matters into their own hands and, you know, this has been well publicized that people go over the border. the they get medication to self induce abortion. and sometimes they come to us afterward for an ultrasound to see if they re still pregnant. sometimes they re actively bleeding so we refer them to where they can get a dnc. we saw an increase of self induction and even greater increase now. it s pretty much like pre-roe. this law didn t do anything to sprent the need for abortion. right? and so we didn t change the amount of women in the community who are still going to need the service. we just blocked their access to getting it safely.
what you were seeing with the cumulative restrictions is in 2011, there were 44 facilities in texas. in october of 2013, there were 44. so there was a reduction. then in november of 2013 when hb 2 was in effect, it went to 22. right? that s where we re at right now. we re also seeing more and more women take matters into their own hands, and, you know, this has been well publicized that people go over the border. the they get medication to self induce abortion. and sometimes they come to us afterward for an ultrasound to see if they re still pregnant. sometimes they re actively bleeding so we refer them to where they can get a dnc. we saw an increase of self-induction and even greater increase now. it s pretty much like pre-roe. this law didn t do anything to sprent the need for abortion. right? and so we didn t change the amount of women in the community who are still going to need the service. we just blocked their access to