Topic: [The Guardian] States use coronavirus to ban abortions, leaving women desperate: ‘You can’t pause a pregnancy’ (Read 1697 times)

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States use coronavirus to ban abortions, leaving women desperate: ‘You can’t pause a pregnancy’

Eight US states have worked to try and halt abortions entirely during the pandemic as clinics report a rise in demand

A woman in Texas was isolating with her family. She was frightened and carried a secret: she was eight weeks pregnant.

Even under normal circumstances, obtaining an abortion in Texas is described as “mostly impossible”. But during the Covid-19 pandemic, politicians in Texas and seven other states have worked to try to halt abortions entirely. They have undertaken costly lawsuits to restrict abortion in the name of health and safety, even as doctors lined up against them.

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Topic: [The Guardian] States use coronavirus to ban abortions, leaving women desperate: ‘You can’t pause a pregnancy’ (Read 1697 times)

[The Guardian] States use coronavirus to ban abortions, leaving women desperate: ‘You can’t pause a pregnancy’

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