Here's What It's Like to Flee Texas and Drive 200 Miles for an Abortion

[Jilly_in_VA]

It took Jasmine and her boyfriend, Alex, 20 minutes to drive back to their apartment from the local abortion clinic. It should have been a short, easy drive.

But Jasmine was six weeks and one day into her pregnancy, and providers at the clinic could detect “cardiac activity” on an ultrasound. That meant that, under a new Texas law, Jasmine could not get an abortion anywhere in the state. She spent the drive home from the clinic overwhelmed with worry, trying to make sense of her possible futures.

There were really just two options: have a baby, or go out of state for an abortion.

“I'm not even in my 30s yet. I'm not ready for that,” said Jasmine, who is 26. “I'm not ready to bring another life into this world that I can't support.”

She didn’t even know, that first day, if she could afford to leave Texas. The preparations required weeks of scraping together money and hammering out scheduling. But Jasmine managed to secure an appointment at the Trust Women abortion clinic in Oklahoma City—some 200 miles away

https://www.vice.com/en/article/k784ke/heres-what-its-like-to-flee-texas-and-drive-200-miles-for-an-abortion
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Reminding everyone that no birth control method except abstinence is 100% foolproof...and who wants to do that?

[keithbvadu2]

1. Do you mean abstinence like Bristol Palin?

Do you mean abstinence like Bristol Palin?

???

[ShazzieB]

3. Oh, yeah, she's the poster child for that!

[Kath2]

2. What is going on in Texas is horrible.

Roe v. Wade is settled law that legalizes abortion procedures. If states like Texas won't honor that we need federal legislation stating that the right to safe and legal abortion cannot be infringed upon.