When Louisiana native Kim O'Brien decided to have an abortion in 2011 because her pregnancy had severe complications, she was unaware of the difficulties she would face -- including traveling to another state -- to get the care she is legally entitled to through Roe v. Wade. Now, nine years later
When Louisiana native Kim O'Brien decided to have an abortion in 2011 because her pregnancy had severe complications, she was unaware of the difficulties she would face -- including traveling to another state -- to get the care she is legally entitled to through Roe v. Wade.
"It makes me really sad and really frustrated," she said."And I feel empowered to do all that I can to try to make things better for them." "When we decided to challenge the law, we really had no other option. It was that or shut down," said Pittman, who has worked at Hope for nearly three decades."There is no exaggeration when I tell you that this is a really critical decision that's about to be handed down."
MORE: Everyone talks about Roe v. Wade but women's health groups say Supreme Court could 'gut' abortion access without actually overturning it Hagstrom Miller estimates there are now less than two dozen abortion clinics in Texas, a state with a population of nearly 29 million that is 50% female. By comparison, the state of Massachusetts, with a population of nearly seven million, had 47 facilities providing abortion as of 2017, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
"On day one, we are required by law to perform an ultrasound ... and the stenographer goes into great detail about what he or she is seeing on the screen as far as fetal development," she said, adding that, because of state law, the ultrasound screen must be facing the patient with the sound on.
"Every time a barrier to abortion is successfully implemented in one state, another state follows," said Pittman."If we don't have an absolute win this time, we're going to see a lot of activity from other states trying to get cases before the Supreme Court as well." "That record stands for itself," she said, noting that only one of the clinic's two physicians currently has admitting privileges and the other has not been able to get them.
What happens when patients don't have access to abortion careIn 2017, 9,920 abortions were provided in Louisiana, according to the Guttmacher Institute. "Often times, we hear from women that they need to make the best decision for the family they already have," she said."They need to protect their family and make sure their family is OK."
'It's shocking to me that nine years later the situation is worseThe lack of access to abortion care that Pittman predicts would be made worse with an unfavorable Supreme Court ruling is what O'Brien experienced in 2011 when she learned at her 20-week ultrasound that the fetus she was carrying had"severe brain abnormalities."
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