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Medication abortions were the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade.
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Medication abortions were the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade.
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Term and have my husband have to bury both of us. it just wasn't an option. abortion was. >> reporter: their home state of nebraska allowed abortions up to 22 weeks but they couldn't find a clinic that could schedule the procedure in time. after a desperate search across nearby states the family settled on the boulder abortion clinic in colorado. >> this is dr. hern. >> reporter: dr. warren hern has been providing abortions for nearly half a century. he's 84 years old and remembers the days before roe versus wade. >> thousands of women died every year from unsafe illegal abortions. one of the ...
>> this is sort of an abortion intensive care unit. >> reporter: how do you see that impacting the surge of patients coming to colorado? >> it's more than we can absorb. it takes a long time to expand the services. you have to find the people who will do this and risk their lives to do it. >> reporter: as one of the few who performs legal abortions later in pregnancy dr. hern says he's seen his patient load increase 50% from a year ago and says he's worried too many women won't get the care they need. >> one of the things that's critical to understand safe abortion is an essential component of...