Abortion providers and patients in Texas fell into disarray again with a court ruling, this time closing again the appointments they had canceled a few days before. On Tuesday, after a judge issued a temporary restraining order allowing clinics to offer abortions for at least two weeks without criminal prosecution, staff at Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services, an abortion clinic in San Antonio, immediately began calling patients who had been prevented . Friday when the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade. “Can you get here today?” CEO Andrea Gallegos asked each woman. “Come as soon as you can,” he said, knowing that the state could appeal at any time. The clinic performed 10 abortions on Tuesday, Gallegos said, and has scheduled more patients for Wednesday. Clinics that had sued the state, including Alamo, had stopped the abortion procedures on Friday, but rushed to take advantage of a fleeting suspension on Tuesday after county judge Harris Christine Weems (D) ruled that aRoe The ban imposed by Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and prosecutors “will inevitably and irreversibly freeze the provision of abortions in the critical weeks in which safer abortion care remains available and legal in Texas.” People seeking abortions and providers are not optimistic about another chance in Texas. The “activation ban” is scheduled to take effect 30 days after last week’s ruling by the Supreme Court. Paxton has also promised to appeal Tuesday’s decision. Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefi (D) said the ban would last until the next hearing, scheduled for July 12, unless extended. But it is “irrelevant” once the activation ban takes effect, he said. Prior to last week’s Supreme Court ruling, Texas had already limited abortions to the first six weeks of pregnancy, when many women do not yet realize they are pregnant. Texas is one of 13 states with activation bans designed to take effect if Roe were repealed, but Paxton had issued a tip that prosecutors could pursue criminal cases under a 1925 law that did not apply before the activation ban began. Utah Judge Allows Abortion to Resume Following Planned Parenthood Lawsuit Victoria, a 25-year-old unmarried mother who left Houston Women’s Reproductive Services on Friday, was preparing to travel to Chicago for an abortion when she received a call from the clinic Tuesday afternoon. “Come in at 2:30,” the woman said on the phone. “We will do it today.” Victoria, who spoke to the Washington Post on the condition that only her first name be used to protect her privacy, got into her car almost immediately. He was worried that the laws might change again before he arrived. “I do not know how long this will last,” he said. “But I’m so relieved I went in.” The Texas Abortion Law Enforcement Authority empowers people to sue anyone who helps facilitate an abortion. Whole Woman’s Health and its non-profit organization Whole Woman’s Health Alliance have said they will reopen four clinics in Texas once they have staff. “We immediately started calling patients to our waiting lists and bringing our staff and providers back to the clinics to resume abortion care as soon as possible,” said President and CEO Amy Hagstrom Miller. “Keep in mind that Texas still imposes a two-visit requirement and a 24-hour waiting period, as well as a 6-week ban and other restrictions. “Even with these obstacles, the staff of our clinic is ready and willing to welcome patients back.” After the six-week abortion ban in Texas came into force, other Republican-led states have enacted similar laws to spark trial trials to challenge Roe v. Wade. (Video: Blair Guild / The Washington Post) This Texas teenager wanted an abortion. She now has twins. Its organizations were plaintiffs in the request for a temporary restrictive measure against the state. The Southwestern Women’s Surgery Center, which also sued government officials, will continue to offer abortions and “is in close contact with our legal team to ensure that we change course as this continues to unfold in court,” said spokeswoman Robin Sikes. .
