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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Mary Tuma

Texas abortion funds cautiously resume services following legal reprieve

Pro-choice demonstrators march through Amarillo, Texas, on 11 February 2023.
Pro-choice demonstrators march through Amarillo, Texas, on 11 February 2023. Photograph: Justin Rex/AP

When the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade last June, Kamyon Conner sat at her desk and sobbed.

As executive director of the Texas Equal Access Fund – a non-profit based in north Texas that helps patients pay for their abortions – Conner was forced to shut off the group’s hotline for the first time in its nearly 20-year history. That meant cutting off a critical avenue for hundreds of largely low-income people of color to afford essential out-of-state care.

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