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Mar 2022
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The New Texas Abortion Law Is Putting So...

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Doctors in Texas have been warning that the state's abortion law known as SB 8 would make it harder for them to treat medical crises and would endanger their patients. Six months in, those predictions appear to be coming true.

NPR correspondent Sarah McCammon reports from central Texas where some women have faced medical issues made more dangerous by SB 8.

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