Stay-at-home orders brought confusion to some women in Texas and other states, who were unclear whether the procedure was an option during the pandemic.
Lawsuits challenging these laws have been filed in all of these states except for Louisiana and the bans are currently not in effect. In Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp said inthat the ban was meant to “protect the innocent” and “champion the vulnerable." The three abortion clinics in Alabama remained open after the American Civil Liberties Union sued the state for not exempting abortion providers from the state’s order. As of May, the policy is not in effect.
“Even without a pandemic people in Louisiana often have to travel to Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, even Georgia to get abortion care. Each state has its own laws and regulations,” said Steffani Bangel, the executive director of the New Orleans Abortion Fund, a non-profit providing support for low-income women.Texas Gov.
Dr. Daniel Grossman, the director of Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health with the University of California in San Francisco, has been studying the impact of such delays. “Without access to safe facility-based abortion care, some patients may choose unsafe methods and would have to show up to the emergency room further burdening the health care system," he said.
Dr. Bhavik Kumar, the medical director of the Planned Parenthood clinic in Houston, said the clinic had to stop providing service halfway through the day. Patients were offered the option to reschedule or to try seeking care in neighboring states.
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