
Texas abortion ban is an early glimpse of what post-Roe America would look like for women
CNN
As Texas' law hurtles toward the US Supreme Court, women in Nicole's shoes have been forced to make rushed decisions or travel hundreds of miles to access health care.
She had already gotten the mandatory ultrasound, scrounged up $595 and taken time off work. But at that moment -- with her pregnancy at exactly six weeks -- getting an abortion in her home state boiled down to her hatchback's temperamental engine turning over.
On that Friday morning in early October, as heavy rains and flash floods swept through Houston, Nicole was cornered into making a painful decision on a hairline timeframe. She was one of thousands of Texas women feeling the impact of a new state law banning abortions after embryonic cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy -- often before a woman even realizes she is pregnant.

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