While the six-week period continues to come and go for many pregnant people in Texas, college students are helping each other get the abortions and emergency contraception they desperately need.
, including Arkansas, Florida and South Carolina, have expressed interest in mirroring the Texas legislation in their own states., where clinics and the U.S. Department of Justice will argue the ban is an unconstitutional violation of the right to abortion established in . Even still, the Court has declined to halt the law while it is being discussed.
In the meantime, the six-week period continues to come and go for many pregnant people in Texas.
was just under the six-week mark when she found out about her pregnancy, but she was told by clinic staff the fetus had a heartbeat, meaning a Texas clinic could not legally perform an abortion. She worked double shifts to afford her trip to Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, Louisiana, one of only three abortion clinics in the state.At Texas A&M, junior Nimisha Srikanth is advocating for the rights of her fellow students.
Since the passage of S.B. 8, “we’ve definitely seen an increase in requests for emergency contraceptives,” Srikanth told. Despite some opposition from conservative campus groups, Srikanth says the school is supportive, for the most part. “We know what we’re doing is right … we’re just providing sexual health resources. We are here to empower each other.”
“We know what we’re doing is right … we’re just providing sexual health resources. We are here to empower each other.”Although the passage of S.B. 8 has drawn national attention to abortion rights, obtaining an abortion was difficult before the bill. “With or without S.B. 8, there are very real barriers to getting access to abortion. And we have the collective power to ease those restrictions,” said Erin Grant of the Abortion Care Network .
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