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Protesters marched from the federal courthouse to the state Capitol in Austin in opposition to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022.
Texas Abortion Restrictions

A year after Dobbs decision, Texas has settled in to a post-abortion reality

The impact of Texas’ near-total ban on abortion is coming into focus as patients and providers leave the state, legal challenges languish and the state’s social safety net braces for a baby boom.


Clinics closed, but abortions continue

Dr. Alan Braid, abortion provider and owner of Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services in San Antonio, sits in his office for a portrait on June 14, 2022.
Andrea Gallegos speaks with a few of her employees after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade at the Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services abortion clinic in San Antonio on June 24, 2022.
Exterior of Pharmacy Rivera in Nuevo Progreso, Mexico on May 4, 2022.

Impact on wanted pregnancies

Lauren Miller in her home in Dallas on June 16, 2023. Miller needed to perform a selective abortion in order to save her and one of her twin's lives, but due to the overturn of Roe v. Wade and restrictive abortion laws in her home state, she had to travel to Colorado to get the procedure done.
Lauren Miller kisses the hand of her two-month-old son Henry at her home in Dallas on June 16, 2023. Miller needed to perform a selective abortion in order to save her and one of her twins lives, but due to the overturn of Roe v. Wade and restrictive abortion laws in her home state, she had to travel to Colorado to get the procedure done.
Lauren Miller breastfeeds her two-month-old son Henry at her home in Dallas on June 16, 2023. Miller needed to perform a selective abortion in order to save her and one of her twin's lives, but due to the overturn of Roe v. Wade and restrictive abortion laws in her home state, she had to travel to Colorado to get the procedure done.

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