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Abortion providers and patients in Texas were again thrown into disarray by a court decision, this time rewriting appointments they had canceled just days earlier.
On Tuesday, after a judge issued a temporary restraining order to allow clinics to offer abortions for at least two weeks without prosecution, staff members at Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services, an abortion clinic in San Antonio, immediately began calling patients. , which were denied Friday when the Supreme Court overturned Rowe vs. Wade.
“Can you come today?” Executive Administrator Andrea Galegos asked each woman. “Just come as soon as possible,” she said, aware that the state could file a complaint at any time.
The clinic performed 10 abortions on Tuesday, Galegos said, and scheduled more patients for Wednesday. Clinics that tried the state, including the Alamo, had suspended their abortion procedures on Friday, but were vying to take advantage of Tuesday’s postponement after Harris County Judge Christine Weims (D) ruled thatdeer The ban, imposed by Attorney General Ken Paxton (right) and prosecutors, “will inevitably and irreparably freeze the provision of abortions in the vital last weeks, in which safer abortion care remains available and legal in Texas.”
Abortion seekers and providers are not optimistic about a new chance in Texas. The “trigger ban” is expected to take effect 30 days after last week’s Supreme Court ruling. Paxton also vowed to appeal Tuesday’s decision. Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefi (D) said the restraining order will continue until the next hearing, scheduled for July 12, unless it is extended. But this is “irrelevant” once the trigger ban took effect, he said.
Prior to last week’s Supreme Court ruling, Texas had already limited abortions to the first six weeks of pregnancy, when many women are still unaware they are pregnant.
Texas is one of 13 states with trigger bans designed to take effect if deer were removed, but Paxton had issued advice that prosecutors could prosecute under an unenforced 1925 law before the ban began.
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Victoria, a 25-year-old single mother who was rejected by Houston’s Female Reproductive Services on Friday, was preparing to travel to Chicago for an abortion when she received a call from the clinic Tuesday afternoon.
“Come in at 2:30,” the woman said over the phone. “We’ll do it today.”
Victoria, who spoke to The Washington Post on the condition that only her name was used to protect her privacy, got into her car almost immediately. She was worried that the laws might change again before she arrived.
“I don’t know how long this will last,” she said. “But I’m so relieved I came in.”
The Texas Abortion Law Enforcement Mechanism entitles people to prosecute anyone who helps facilitate abortion.
Whole Woman’s Health and its nonprofit, the Whole Woman’s Health Alliance, said they would reopen four clinics in Texas once staffed.
“We immediately started calling patients on our waiting lists and bringing our staff and providers back to the clinics to resume abortion care as soon as possible,” President and CEO Amy Hagstrom Miller said in a statement. “Keep in mind that Texas still applies a two-visit requirement and a 24-hour waiting period, as well as a 6-week ban and other restrictions. Even with these obstacles, our clinic staff is ready and eager to welcome patients again. ”
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Her organizations were plaintiffs in the request for a temporary restraining order against the state.
The Southwest Center for Women’s Surgery, which is also suing government officials, will resume offering abortions and is “in close contact with our legal team to make sure we change course as this continues to develop in court,” the spokesman said. Robin Sykes.
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