Race/Related: A Lone Abortion Clinic on the Border

In the Rio Grande Valley, women seeking abortions navigate religion, culture and a new Texas law. 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Her situation indeed felt difficult: three young children at home, a husband in prison, an unfinished college education. Another baby, she told herself, would send her struggling family straight over the edge. “I never thought I would be here,” said the woman, who before coming in had driven past a few anti-abortion protesters demonstrating outside and had to stop her car to throw up. “It took me a lot to be here today. I have not been able to sleep for a week, running this day over and over in my head. I just know I can’t have this baby.” The reminder that some early-term abortions remain legal in Texas comes as the state’s remaining clinics navigate a recent law that threatens punitive lawsuits for anyone aiding abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy. A draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court that was [leaked to reporters this week](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkWNZOP0TuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucG9saXRpY28uY29tL25ld3MvMjAyMi8wNS8wMi9zdXByZW1lLWNvdXJ0LWFib3J0aW9uLWRyYWZ0LW9waW5pb24tMDAwMjk0NzM_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMjA1MDcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjA3MjQmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkxNTk4JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpicE5RdmINwpIOUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) threatens to trigger an even more far-reaching law — passed by Texas lawmakers last year in anticipation of a day Roe v. Wade is overturned — that would subject abortion providers to potential sentences of life in prison or $100,000 fines. Clinics like Whole Woman’s Health, the only abortion facility serving a population of a million people in the Rio Grande Valley, have been filled in recent weeks with women like the 28-year-old who are urgently trying to reconstruct their menstrual timetables and undergo ultrasound examinations to make sure they fall inside the six-week window. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-0) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkWNZOP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTc0MTQ5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIyMDUwN1cDbnl0QgpicE5RdmINwpIOUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ By and large, the women at this clinic, located in the heavily Latino city of McAllen, about 10 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, reflect some of those across the country who are likely to face the most formidable consequences from new state limits on abortion. Data shows that poor or low-income women make up [75 percent of all those seeking to end their pregnancies](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkWNZOP4QAAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lmd1dHRtYWNoZXIub3JnL2luZm9ncmFwaGljLzIwMTYvYWJvcnRpb24tcGF0aWVudHMtYXJlLWRpc3Byb3BvcnRpb25hdGVseS1wb29yLWFuZC1sb3ctaW5jb21lP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIwNTA3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTYwNzI0Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MTU5OCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYnBOUXZiDcKSDlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). About 60 percent of those seeking legal abortions are Black or Hispanic, [federal data](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkWNZOP0TTaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2RjLmdvdi9tbXdyL3ZvbHVtZXMvNzAvc3Mvc3M3MDA5YTEuaHRtP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIwNTA3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTYwNzI0Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MTU5OCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcjVDZfZG93blcDbnl0QgpicE5RdmINwpIOUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) shows, and analysts say it is these women who most acutely face the dilemma of balancing low-paying jobs with unpredictable schedules, high child care costs and the hope of attending college part-time with the reality of another child to support. While some clinics in Mexico may continue to offer help with abortions, many women living in McAllen and surrounding U.S. communities could otherwise face a drive of more than 800 miles to reach the nearest legal abortion clinic in Las Cruces, N.M., should Whole Woman’s Health and other Texas facilities be forced to close. The young woman sitting in the waiting room, who like others interviewed for this article did not want to be named in order to protect her privacy, said she could expect judgment and little help from her husband, now doing time for murder, and from most members of her family, if they found out she had aborted a pregnancy. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkWNZOP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NTc3JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIyMDUwN1cDbnl0QgpicE5RdmINwpIOUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ Most of those interviewed said that the culture in the Rio Grande Valley, predominantly Mexican American and heavily Catholic, forces women considering an abortion to do so alone and remain forever silent about it afterward. “You know, in our culture, being Mexican, it is not really supported,” the woman said. “You feel like you can’t tell anyone.” In the waiting room, where most of the women avoided looking at one another, she fretted. “What must they think of me?” she murmured. Then she let out a nervous giggle, remembering that they were probably all there for the same reason. Her three children, ages 11, 9 and 7, are all in school now, but she is a year away from getting the degree in criminal justice she needs to get a job that pays better than her clerical work. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-2) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkWNZOP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIyMDUwN1cDbnl0QgpicE5RdmINwpIOUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ On the one hand, she said, “I just want to continue my career,” and on the other, “I need to take care of my babies, the ones I have now.” Then she missed a period, despite using birth control, and a situation that she said previously seemed hard now felt impossible. She said she had initially worried about the Texas law that took effect Sept. 1 — a model now being adopted in [other](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkWNZOP0TcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wMy8xNC91cy9pZGFoby1hYm9ydGlvbi1iaWxsLXRleGFzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMjA1MDcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjA3MjQmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkxNTk4JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpicE5RdmINwpIOUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [conservative](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkWNZOP0TYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNS8wMy91cy9va2xhaG9tYS1hYm9ydGlvbi1iYW4uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIyMDUwNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD02MDcyNCZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTE1OTgmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJwTlF2Yg3Ckg5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) states — that deputizes civilians to file lawsuits against any doctor who performs an abortion after fetal cardiac activity, about six weeks of pregnancy. Doctors measure the start of pregnancy from the first day of a woman’s last menstrual period, which is usually two weeks before a fetus is conceived. As a result, many women barely know they are pregnant by the time they are up against the six-week limit. Dr. Blair Cushing reviewed a patient’s chart at Whole Woman’s Health in McAllen, Texas.Callaghan O’Hare for The New York Times Though women are not supposed to be targeted under the law, she had read the recent news coverage about a woman who was accused of murder in nearby Starr County after having what was described as a “self-induced” abortion after six weeks. [The woman was later released](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkWNZOP0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xMC91cy90ZXhhcy1zZWxmLWluZHVjZWQtYWJvcnRpb24tY2hhcmdlLWRpc21pc3NlZC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIwNTA3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTYwNzI0Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MTU5OCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYnBOUXZiDcKSDlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) after a national outcry. So when the doctor on duty at Whole Woman’s Health, Dr. Blair Cushing, informed the 28-year-old woman that she was under the law’s limit, at five weeks of pregnancy, her heart slowed down. “I didn’t want to be arrested too,” she said. Read the rest of the story [here](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkWNZOP0TfaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNS8wNC91cy9ib3JkZXItY2xpbmljLWFib3J0aW9uLXRleGFzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMjA1MDcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NjA3MjQmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkxNTk4JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpicE5RdmINwpIOUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). EDITOR’S PICKS We publish many articles that touch on race. Here are several you shouldn’t miss. 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