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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Reese Oxner

Texas nurses say ban on abortion is merely the start of the health problems women will face

An ultrasound machine sits next to an empty patient bed at Whole Women’s Health of Austin on Sept.1, 2021.
Some Texas nurses attending a Colorado conference of caregivers specializing in women’s health said last week the overturning of Roe v. Wade will impact more than elective abortions. (Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune)

AURORA, Colo. — Texas nurses Jessica Phillips and Neshia McDonald stared at each other in disbelief when they heard the news that abortions would soon be outlawed in the state.

The two were among hundreds of caregivers who learned that the U.S. Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade as a national conference for nurses who specialize in women’s health was starting in Aurora, Colorado, last week.

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