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The results of a November Supreme Court hearing over the state's near-total outlawing of...

44. so there was a reduction. then in november of 2013 when hb 2 was in effect, it went to 22. right? that's where we're at right now. we're also seeing more and more women take matters into their own hands and, you know, this has been well publicized that people go over the border. the they get medication to self induce abortion. and sometimes they come to us afterward for an ultrasound to see if they're still pregnant. sometimes they're actively bleeding so we refer them to where they can get a dnc. we saw an increase of self induction and even greater increase now. it's pretty much like pre...

>> what you were seeing with the cumulative restrictions is in 2011, there were 44 facilities in texas. in october of 2013, there were 44. so there was a reduction. then in november of 2013 when hb 2 was in effect, it went to 22. right? that's where we're at right now. we're also seeing more and more women take matters into their own hands, and, you know, this has been well publicized that people go over the border. the they get medication to self induce abortion. and sometimes they come to us afterward for an ultrasound to see if they're still pregnant. sometimes they're actively bleeding so ...

Health in order to wait later in a pregnancy to receive an abortion. and as you said, in that report, it certainly is demonstrating an indication that women in texas have now once again, like pro -- pre-roe, taken matters into their own hands and self-induced abortions. >> one of the sort of remarkable feats of the anti-abortion movement is to create these repairs different pair barriers and so one of the things we've seen as a timeline, you know, there's legislation that bans the procedure after a certain period, say 20 weeks. then there's legislation that makes it harder to actually get an a...

Referenced earlier, chris, that women are now having to wait around a 20-day longer period of time before they can access abortion care. there's no question it makes it less safe for them and their health in order to wait later in a pregnancy to receive an abortion. and as you said, in that report, it certainly is demonstrating an indication that women in texas have now once again, like pro -- pre-roe, taken matters into their own hands and self-induced abortions. >> one of the sort of remarkable feats of the anti-abortion movement is to create these repairs different pair barriers and so one ...