"It's hard to overstate how radical these two decisions are"

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9. Clinics in Fort Worth, other cities stop providing abortions, prepare to shut down

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/state-politics/20131101-reinstatement-of-abortion-law-closes-texas-clinics.ece

Clinics in Fort Worth, other cities stop providing abortions, prepare to shut down
Published: 01 November 2013 04:29 PM
Updated: 01 November 2013 11:49 PM

McALLEN — The day after a federal appeals court cleared the way for Texas’ restrictive abortion law to take effect while it faces a legal challenge, many clinics across the state said they had stopped performing abortions. The clinics were preparing to shut down, leaving women seeking their services distraught.

“Patients are walking through the door; they are crying — they are freaking out,” said Amy Hagstrom Miller, chief executive of Whole Woman’s Health, which operates six abortion facilities in Texas and, she said, expects to close its locations in Fort Worth, McAllen and San Antonio. “We can’t stay open without any sources of income.”

The Texas law, passed by the Legislature in July, requires doctors who provide abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the facility where the procedure is performed, among other new rules.

In places such as the Rio Grande Valley and rural West Texas, the mandate put hundreds of miles between many women and abortion providers.