Carmen Sesin is a reporter for NBC News based in Miami, Florida.
MIAMI — It was a busy day, as usual, at the Planned Parenthood clinic tucked away in the Golden Glades area of Miami two days after Florida’s Supreme Court upheld a law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. What made the day unusual was many women were alarmed and “freaking out” over the ban. “I had a patient an hour ago, who was in her eighth or ninth week of pregnancy, concerned that we were going to turn her away,” said Dr. Chelsea Daniels, a physician with Planned Parenthood.
” Since nearby states have passed similar bans, the closest state now to offer abortion beyond six weeks is North Carolina — but even there it’s only legal up to 12 weeks. Beyond that, Virginia would be the next closest state where abortions are legal up to 26 weeks. Providers worry there is not adequate infrastructure in Northern and Western states to support the large swath of the country that has restricted abortions.
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