(NEW YORK) Down a dirt road, inside a church in Dallas, Texas, the cellphone of Zuleka Edwards buzzes constantly. "I was just trying to seek termination of a
ABC News(NEW YORK) Down a dirt road, inside a church in Dallas, Texas, the cellphone of Zuleka Edwards buzzes constantly. "I was just trying to seek termination of a pregnancy," one caller tells Edwards, abortion coordinator for The Afiya Center, the only Black-women-led abortion fund in North Texas. "I just need some assistance, OK, if that's possible." Edwards gives the caller information about scheduling an appointment at an abortion clinic, explaining that even though she has already had an ultrasound, she'll be required to get another under Texas law. "If you have any questions, just reach out and I'll be able to assist you," Edwards ends the call. It's a conversation Edwards says she has multiple times a day with women throughout Texas who are trying to access abortion care in a state with one of the most extreme abortion laws in the country. The phone calls, according to Edwards, have come with increasing frequency and urgency
(NEW YORK) — Down a dirt road, inside a church in Dallas, Texas, the cellphone of Zuleka Edwards buzzes constantly. “I was just trying to seek termination of a pregnancy,” one caller tells Edwards, abortion coordinator for The Afiya Center, the only Black-women-led abortion fund […]