A week after Texas' abortion law went into effect, Mexico’s Supreme Court dissolved a Coahuila state law that made the procedure a crime. Some Texans further along in their pregnancies are now going there for abortion-inducing drugs. Via KHNews:
Sign up for The BriefMcALLEN — Veronica Hernandez, manager of Whole Woman’s Health of McAllen, has long worried about the patients she sees walk in through the front door.A Texas law that went into effect in September outlaws abortions after cardiac activity is detected in an embryo, usually at six weeks of pregnancy, and is considered the nation’s most restrictive abortion law. The law, which the U.S.
That’s because the area it serves is farther from an out-of-state U.S.
Border life here is vibrant, and it’s common for people to cross over to Mexico for all kinds of reasons. People travel to visit family and friends, for pan dulce and tortillas, and for health care. Braces and antibiotics, for example, are much cheaper south of the border. But her patients tend to be wary of traveling to other states, said Hernandez, who has worked at Whole Woman’s Health of McAllen for 12 years. Many who come into the clinic tell her they have never been anywhere but the Valley and Mexico. And even for those who have, Mexico is still more familiar, she said.
The clinic in McAllen has to meet the needs of people of many backgrounds and situations, said Hernandez.
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