After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, 20 states banned or severely restricted abortion. Six states voted to protect access to it. And on Tuesday, voters in 10 states will decide on measures that would add abortion rights to their state constitutions.
To understand the impact of the changing legal landscape and its complexities, we went to the first state to change its abortion laws: Texas.
Tonight, you will hear from doctors who say, in Texas, the laws designed to stop abortions are creating unintended consequences – hurting women with desired pregnancies and the people who care for them.
Dr. Dani Mathisen: My mom is a doctor. And she is probably the coolest person I’ve ever met. And I grew up, you know, with her coming home in her white coat. And I honestly just wanted to be my mom.
In 2021, Dani Mathisen was following in her mother’s footsteps. on her way to becoming an OB-GYN. She was 25 years old, in her final year of medical school in Texas, married to her high school sweetheart and ready to start a family.
