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Texas' abortion law led some to get abortion pills in Mexico, with grim consequences

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Since Texas passed an anti-abortion law in September, more and more women have been going to unregulated pharmacies in Mexican border towns to get abortion pills. As NPR's John Burnett reports, this last-resort option could be a sign of what's to come for many others if the Supreme Court overturns Roe vs. Wade.

JOHN BURNETT, BYLINE: The main street of Nuevo Progreso, Mexico - just across the sluggish Rio Grande from Weslaco, Texas - is a chaotic border bazaar that caters to American day-trippers.

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