It’s unclear whether Texas’ tangled web of abortion laws would make it a crime to pay for a Texan to leave the state to get an abortion, but the threat has compelled the funds to cease services.
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As one of two full-time staffers at the Frontera Fund, Cathy Torres has been fielding these calls for years. Now, each missed call breaks her heart a little more. The groups changed their outgoing voicemail messages, updated their websites and deployed social media posts, all with a similar message: Due to the uncertainty surrounding Texas abortion laws, the state’s abortion funds had stopped funding abortions.
The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade removed the decadeslong legal protection afforded to abortion providers, leaving their fates in the hands of local elected prosecutors and their interpretation of confusing state laws. “We need to keep ourselves and our communities safe,” Torres said. “It’s painful in so many ways, but we know that our safety comes first.”Last week’s Supreme Court decision gave Texas’ Republican elected officials a victory their party has been working toward for 50 years: the chance to set their own laws banning abortion.
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