Maddie, we're not using her full name, is a 21-year-old college student living in Houston.

And last year, she got an unwelcome surprise.

When I initially found out that I was pregnant, I was like, I can't have a kid right now.

Like, I cannot do that.

Maddie decided to get an abortion.

And while she had support from her family, she had a much bigger hurdle in front of her.

Her state, Texas passed a law last year which gives a woman only six weeks to get an abortion

after conception.

The standard elsewhere is 23 or 24 weeks.

Well, six weeks had already passed.

So Maddie had to look to clinics in neighboring states, which took a month just to get an appointment.

I drove all the way to Mississippi through the night with my father.

And then after the initial visit, they're like, you can come in on this day at this time

next week.

And so right after my appointment, we turned around and drove back to Texas.

Maddie and her mother were able to fly back to Mississippi a week later to have the abortion

performed.

The whole experience was exhausting.

It cost nearly $2,000, a price that would likely be far too high for many Texans.

Since this law went into effect on September, first it has likely impacted thousands of

women.

What we really don't know at this point is how many of those are actually able to seek

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