Ali Block
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886 appearances
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first heard Sep 2023
last heard Oct 2023
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He loved it.
But as tempting as staying in New York was, he knew that ultimately his home was in Texas.
And so he returned soon after graduating, now a licensed clinician and abortion provider.
He said as soon as he got back, his work felt like a battleground.
It was around this time that Texas tried passing legislation that would ban most second trimester abortions.
It gained significant support in the House, but was ultimately stopped by the courts.
They did manage to ban government entities from being associated with clinics that provide abortions, and that shuttered a lot of clinics in the state.
And not just clinics focused on reproductive care, many clinics that provided basic health care.
And while none of these efforts outright banned abortions,
the state was creatively and very effectively whittling away abortion access.
Meanwhile, Bavik was making his way as a young abortion provider in Texas and learning the ropes on how to navigate the increasingly complex set of rules and restrictions in the state.
And then things got worse.
So what does that mean?
It means that if you live far away from Texas, by distance or by culture, there was a tendency to think that after SB eight was passed, that this was just a Texas problem.
But as everyone soon learned, there were immediate ripple effects.
For one, conservatives copy conservatives.
A successful passing of something like SB eight was a clue as to where the anti-abortion movement could move next.
But then, on an even more basic level, an estimated eighty-five percent of abortions performed in Texas pre SB eight took place after the fetus was six weeks.
Since Texas couldn't perform any of these abortions in their state anymore, another state had to absorb that volume.
And it would likely be an immediate neighbor, like Oklahoma.
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