What steps are activists taking now that clinics are closing?
Some states have been quick to ban abortion, with trigger laws taking effect immediately after the ruling was released, but activists are working to maintain support for women needing abortions.
in TexasCathy Torres, organizing manager for Frontera Fund, a Texas group that helps pay for abortions, said there was a lot of fear and confusion near the US-Mexico border.
The state’s abortion law bans the procedure from conception, the Associated Press reports.
Under the law, people who help patients get abortions can be fined and doctors who perform them could face life in prison.
“We are a fund led by people of color who will be criminalized first,” Ms Torres said.
She said abortion funds like hers that have shut down operations hope to find a way to safely restart.
“We just really need to keep that in mind and understand the risk.”
Tyler Harden, Mississippi director for Planned Parenthood Southeast, said she spent Friday and Saturday making sure people with appointments at the state’s only abortion clinic that they don’t have to cancel them right away.
Abortions can still take place until 10 days after the state attorney general publishes a required administrative notice about the Supreme Court ruling.
Mississippi will ban the procedure except for pregnancies that endanger the woman’s life or those caused by rape reported to law enforcement.
Ms Harden said she has been providing information about funds that help people travel out of state to have abortions.
Right now Florida is the nearest “safe haven” state, but Ms Harden said, “we know that that may not be the case for too much longer.”