well, wherever you were today and whatever you were doing today and whatever it was like for you today, that s your answer. i d like to take a moment to share with you all what the final hours of legal abortion care looks like in texas last night. whole woman s health has staff and physicians providing abortions in texas until 11:56 is the time we finished our last abortion in ft. worth last night. our waiting rooms were filled with patients and their loved ones and all four of our clinics yesterday. we had a physician who had worked with us for decades in tears as he tried to complete the abortions for all the folks who were waiting in our ft. worth waiting room. marva sadler who was our plaintiff in this case was on suit also in ft. worth working with our physician to see every single patient. she called me at 10:00 p.m., 27
as of last night, roe versus wade is now a dead letter. it s inoperable in the state of texas at least. a whole women s health is among the texas reproductive health providers and advocates that pleaded with the supreme court to issue an emergency injunction last night to stop this new texas law from taking effect, this new texas law that makes abortion effectively illegal. but the supreme court just didn t respond. they did nothing. they sat silent, let the new texas ban go into effect and in so doing as of right now, they essentially let the protections of roe versus wade come to an end. the law in effect in texas right now bans abortion after about six weeks, most women do not even know they re pregnant before six weeks, something like 85% to 90% of abortions take place after six weeks. this outlaws 90% abortions. there is no exception for rape or incest. but what that means is that a woman who is forcibly impregnated by a rapist, that woman will be forced to bear the rapist s child
patients left in the waiting room and both she and the doctor were crying and just asking me, what can we do? how can we be sure we can see all these folks? keep in mind the anti-abortion protesters were outside this entire time, from the moment we opened up at 8:00 until we closed at midnight. and once it got dark, they got junt shining lights and shined the lights on the parking lot. we were under surveillance. this is not abstract. this is real for our team. amy miller of whole women s health describing the final hours of legal abortion care in texas as of last night. they provide services to patients up until 11:56 p.m. the law went into effect in midnight. as of many i had night, roe versus wade is now a dead letter. it s unoperable in the state of texas, at least. a whole women s health is among the texas reproductive health
america and abortion started to be banned in america? well, wherever you were today and whatever you were doing today and whatever it was like for you today, that s your answer. i d like to take a moment to share with you all what the final hours of legal abortion care looked like in texas last night. whole woman s health has staff and physicians providing abortions in texas until 11:56 is the time we finished our last abortion in ft. worth last night. our waiting rooms were filled with patients and their loved ones in all four of our clinics yesterday. we had a physician who has worked with us for decades in tears as he tried to complete the abortions for all the folks who were waiting in our ft. worth waiting room. marva sadler who is the plaintiff in this case was on
site also in ft. worth working with our physician to see every single patient. she called me at 10:00 p.m., 27 patients left in the waiting room and both she and the doctor were crying and just asking me, what can we do? how can we be sure we can see all these folks? keep in mind the anti-abortion protesters were outside this entire time, from the moment we opened up at 8:00 until we closed at midnight. and once it got dark, they got giant shining lights and shined the lights on the parking lot. we were under surveillance. this is not abstract. this is real for our team. amy ham hagstrom miller of whole women s health, describing the final hours of legal abortion care in texas as of last night. they provide services to patients up until 11:56 p.m. the law went into effect in midnight.