Since the fall of Roe v. Wade, at least 66 abortion clinics in 15 states have closed, limiting the choices of nearly 22 million women. Stephania Taladrid speaks with three women in Texas who struggled to terminate a pregnancy following the decision.
, or Colorado, nearby states where abortion is also legal. But, for undocumented women, who do not have the resources to travel long distances, the fear of being criminalized, and potentially deported, has become far greater—and so has the need to useSeveral days after Roe was overturned, Luisa picked up her phone and called the man with the pills. She said that he initially asked for a hundred and fifty dollars, then raised the price to a hundred and eighty and eventually to two hundred.
When I visited Luisa and her children in their new apartment, there were some boxes left to unpack, but she had just finished assembling the furniture that she had brought from her previous home—faux-leather sofas, a button-tufted headboard, two king-size mattresses and a glass dining set—which she had paid for in monthly installments over several years.
Rosa and her sisters huddled around her laptop, typing searches for abortion providers outside of Texas. They had considered trying to buy pills, but they were convinced that their sister could end up in jail, or be considered a murderer, for having an abortion in her home state—so convinced that they closed the laptop after a few minutes, out of fear that their searches would be tracked. Even typing the word “abortion” online seemed like a risk.
The following day, after a full night’s sleep, Rosa decided that being subjected to a pregnancy test at the border wasn’t as threatening as she feared. That afternoon, she and her older sister crossed the border and visited a Mexican doctor who confirmed that she was five weeks pregnant. When Rosa asked him if he could perform the abortion, the doctor shook his head and declined to name anyone who would, but offered some advice: “If you’re thinking about doing it, do it now.
After crossing the border by foot, Rosa and her older sister boarded the bus, which made multiple stops along a route that spanned hundreds of miles. Upon their arrival, the sisters headed straight to a small Airbnb, where they spent the night. The following day, they went to a clinic downtown, where nurses prepped Rosa for the procedure and gave her an I.V. She donned a hospital gown and was asked to count to sixty before the anesthesia kicked in.
Inside Texas hospitals, doctors and medical personnel are also weighing the legal risks they now face. Shortly after the overturn of Roe, a nursing student who I’ll call Sandra enrolled in an obstetric-care class. Her professors explained how to perform a dilation and curettage, or D. & C., after a miscarriage, but rarely did they mention the word abortion. When state lawmakers visited the school grounds, students were told to not get into politics.
Afterward, the doctor who performed the abortion sent Sandra home with a prescription for antibiotics. But she feared that, if she went to the pharmacy and handed over her insurance card, her parents might be notified. So Sandra decided to forgo the medication. Within a week, she came down with a high fever, and her parents rushed her to the emergency room. There, doctors diagnosed Sandra with a kidney infection. It took two weeks for her to recover from it and be discharged from the hospital.
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