By: Julie Mcmahon
Sky News also spoke to pro-life group Texas Alliance for Life, who say it’s the doctors’ fault that they don’t understand the state’s law.
Roe v Wade was overturned by the US Supreme Court earlier this year, leaving it to the states to decide whether to legalise abortion or to ban it.
Texas was one of the states that shut its abortion clinics following the Supreme Court’s decision and has banned it in all circumstances unless the mother’s life is in danger.
The US midterm elections are just over a week away, and the Democrats are attempting to swing voters in Republican states by promising the restoration of abortion rights. Sky News Australia has spoken to a Texas couple – Amanda and Josh Zurawski – who couldn’t get an abortion until it was almost too late. Sky News also spoke to pro-life group Texas Alliance for Life, who say it’s the doctors’ fault that they don’t understand the state’s law. Roe v Wade was overturned by the US Supreme Court earlier this year, leaving it to the states to decide whether to legalise abortion or to ban it. Texas was one of the states that shut its abortion clinics following the Supreme Court’s decision and has banned it in all circumstances unless the mother’s life is in danger.