Empty clinics, no calls: The fallout of Oklahoma's abortion ban

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Whenever a new patient pulls into the parking lot at the Tulsa Women's Clinic, Tiffany Taylor rushes to flick on the lights. She turns off her indie folk playlist, looks out at the empty waiting room and prepares to deliver a speech she has recited about a dozen times since the Oklahoma legislature passed a bill last month banning abortions from the moment of fertilization.

"I'm so sorry," the nurse says to anyone who wanders in, asking about abortion. "But there's this new law."

Oklahoma late last month became the first state in the country to successfully outlaw abortion, offering a glimpse of a post-Roe v. Wade America even while the landmark Supreme Court precedent still stands.

Just months ago, Oklahoma's four abortion clinics were working overtime, scheduling record numbers of appointments as patients from Texas - where abortion has been severely restricted since the fall - streamed across the border. Now the clinics are desolate. Nurses are filing paperwork and watching Netflix. At Trust Women, a clinic in Oklahoma City that used to get 500 calls a day, staff say the phone has stopped ringing.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/empty-clinics-no-calls-fallout-121403528.html

[dhol82]

1. So where are all those women going?

I doubt the need for abortions has suddenly gone away. How are they dealing with the issue?
Are there a number of back alley guys who have set up shop?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. I know the clinic closest to me is seeing patients come in from a thousand miles away. But some

people simply won't get the abortion care they want.

[Solly Mack]

3. Traveling, if they can afford it. Or they are going without care or looking for other

means.

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. This is so damned wrong

[roamer65]

5. Colorado?

I suspect many women will go there from OK and TX.

[eleny]

6. I expect the town of Trinidad, CO will be swamped

And also New Mexico.

[Deep State Witch]

7. Well, That Was Their Goal

I hope the taxpayers of Oklahoma are happy.