‘This is life and death’: inside a Florida clinic after the six-week abortion ban
Floridians past six weeks of pregnancy may have to venture to clinics in states like New Mexico, Kansas and Illinois. North Carolina is a closer option for many Floridians – but that state only permits abortions until 12 weeks of pregnancy and its waiting period is also even more onerous than Florida’s. It requires people to show up at a clinic for an initial consultation at least 72 hours before their abortion.
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Florida’s abortion ban has brought fear and chaos. This is the right’s vision for the US | Moira Donegan (opinion piece)
The scenes that played out in Florida this week – the overworked nurses, the crammed schedules, the desperate rush – are themselves an indignity, because they represent something that no American should have to endure: the withdrawal of a right that is fundamental to their citizenship. This is what it looks like when life becomes smaller, crueler and less free. It is an ugly sight.
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