who would otherwise should have been helped were not and fortunately, find care here and have that care that they need before something irreversible happens whether that s death or a hysterectomy because of an infection. these are real consequences of not getting healthcare in a timely fashion. abortion is healthcare. you don t have to like it. but the politicisation, the criminalisation of this aspect of healthcare, makes it so healthcare providers are afraid. since moving to alabama in 2019, dr torres has faced death threats and had her medical licence temporarily provoked, but she refuses to back down. 84% of maternal deaths are preventable and what do we do? we make it worse. without access to abortion care, the maternal mortality rate rises.
weeks of my life, just kind of feeling like i m in purgatory. i ve lost a fair amount of tissue and blood in the last week and so, i m hoping that everything has passed naturally. i m nervous. i want this to be over. desperate, alison drove several hours to get help from another clinic in tuscaloosa. once one of alabama s only abortion providers, since roe was overturned, it s now a non profit reproductive health service. it promises to offer medical interventions for non viable pregnancies so, if alison had come here first, she would ve had that option. i m dr leah torres and i m medical director of the west alabama women s center. it s something that i ve seen happen more than a few occasions, where people
it has been one of the worst weeks of my life, just kind of feeling like i m in purgatory. i ve lost a fair amount of tissue and blood in the last week and so, i m hoping that everything has passed naturally. i m nervous. i want this to be over. desperate, alison drove several hours to get help from another clinic in tuscaloosa. once one of alabama s only abortion providers, since roe was overturned, it s now a non profit reproductive health service. it promises to offer medical interventions for non viable pregnancies so, if alison had come here first, she would ve had that option. i m dr leah torres and i m
of my life, just kind of feeling like i m in purgatory. i ve lost a fair amount of tissue and blood in the last week and so, i m hoping that everything has passed naturally. i m nervous. i want this to be over. desperate, alison drove several hours to get help from another clinic in tuscaloosa. once one of alabama s only abortion providers, since roe was overturned, it s now a non profit reproductive health service. it promises to offer medical interventions for non viable pregnancies so, if alison had come here first, she would ve had that option. i m dr leah torres and i m medical director of the west alabama women s center. it s something that i ve seen happen more than a few occasions, where people who would otherwise