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
so, rachael, this is not first time we have experienced an abortion ban in the state of texas. as you described, what happened to hb2 in 2013 and 2014 and then very recently, last year during the pandemic governor abbott issued an 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 patients 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