Nowhere in the U.S. has access to abortion diminished so much, so fast, as during the past two years in Texas. With the number of clinics poised to fall to eight from 41 in 2013, abortion-rights backers have devised contingency plans for the state’s 5.4 million women of reproductive age.
The patchwork system created as lawmakers cracked down includes a new clinic in neighboring New Mexico, a fund for indigent women that calls itself an “abortion travel agency” and plans to increase capacity for the expected surge of clients at clinics that stay open.
