Only 8 of the 44 facilities in Texas that provide abortions are left after a law that requires all clinics to become ambulatory surgical centers to take effect.  Last week alone, 13 clinics were shut down.  The 8 left open are all in areas with a high income, about $61,000+ on average for the median household.

Was the change leaving the remaining clinics in high income only done on purpose to leave low income areas with little to no access to a facility?

Lindsey Rodriguez, president of the Lilith Fund, says yes it is.

"These laws, they always hurt people that have the least amount of economic means," said Lindsey Rodriguez, president of the Lilith Fund, which helps poor women access abortions in Texas. "The people who have money are able to travel to get abortions, while low-income, rural people that may not have access to easy transport are hit the hardest."

"These women are left out of every step of comprehensive health care, not just abortion," she said. "This is just a part of a huge spectrum of health problems for people in Texas, especially poor people."

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