'My body is not their property': Texas woman's journey across state lines for an abortion

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Due to the new Texas law that effectively bans abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy, Madi’s personal choice turned into an arduous journey, traveling hundreds of miles and crossing state lines for the procedure.

After the new Texas law effectively banned abortions as early as six weeks, Madi traveled across state lines to Mississippi to get an abortion at the only clinic offering the procedure in the state.She was about 10 weeks along when she found out she was pregnant and decided she wanted to have an abortion.

Madi said she was in a committed relationship and on birth control so her pregnancy was unexpected. She didn’t experience any early pregnancy signs until the nine-week mark, which at the time seemed like the typical stress of being a senior and starting a new semester. Madi said she began to research nearby clinics across state lines. She said she called more than 30 clinics, looking for the earliest open appointment.

Madi said it was with the help of her parents that she was able to get the procedure. Her mother, who asked not to reveal her name, said she wasn’t angry at Madi for her situation. Prior to starting, she explained that Madi would first receive medication and then be asked to wait an hour-and-a-half to let her body prepare for the procedure. While she waited, she said her decision did not waiver.

 

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I think the time to abort a pregnancy is before sex not after. Regardless of what others might say all abortions are murder.

Those who choose abortion over contraception should be neutered.

I can't get my head around people who have no qualms about killing babies but cring at the thought of doing the same thing to the elderly.

Babies lives matter. If you don't want children wear a condum or use a contraceptive. Don't murder a baby because you were not responsible.

Right you are but it’s a very serious business and still must’ve dealt with by the community and personal choice! Subject will be around for many more years !

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You make it sound like she took the wagon train and the Indians were shooting arrows at them as the crossed state lines.

Health and the pandemic where a voluntary seeking of controlling a matter is the possibly also the understanding that young women will want the abortion when they decide to make fun of lovemaking, so our bodies belong to the law LoveGoodHuman

Baby killer

You ask for government to get involved in individuals’ medical decisions and here it is

Brave woman for sharing her story. I'm glad she got to have control over her body, even if she had to take a plane twice to do so

LETS BAN ABORTION EVERYWHERE

NO MORE ABORTIONS!!!

As a male with no strong opinion on this issue, I just get bothered by the “my body my choice” rally cry. Isn’t the entire argument of the pro life side that it’s someone else’s body now in your body that you don’t have the right to kill?

Judging others is sinful...Get out of her personal business

Well move to New York than

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Don’t spread your legs then

The problem for the women of Texas is that the GOP does believe women’s bodies are the property of the GOP. Soon there will be laws forcing women to marry and have children with white Christian Right-wing men against their will.

Should be free to choose what to do with your own bodies!!! Including vaccines! And I'm vaccinated....called pro choice

Birth control should be free and widely available.

'God gave Adam an Eve blessed with whether or not to give life. Texas It is God's will, not to any Government mandate. AbortionBan My religion not your policies, get off my vagina!' AbortionIsHealthcare

Everything that is part of 'your body' is logically and scientifically everything with your exact genetic code, an unborn child has a similar yet unique genetic code, technically it's not your body you are just the host for around 9 months.

Having sex was her personal choice too. Taxpayers have no business paying for her choice. And who's going to pay her social security if she doesn't have kids? Simple - you and your kids.

Make your choice earlier, thats it... thats all you have to do

Keep telling these stories. GOPTaliban is not welcome in our country. Are you listening SCOTUS - 70% of the country thinks this NOT OK.

Instead of murdering babies why aren't we teaching both parties having sex they need to practice birth control? Stop risking pregnancy if you CAN'T RAISE or WANT A CHILD! Females take birth control and then take a morning after pill in case. Men wrap it up! OR BOTH ABSTAIN!

Condoms, BC pills, diaphragm, underskin BC, IUD, morning after pills. All choices she didn’t choose before murder.

My body is not Thor body either that why no vaccine for me. If you can kill babies by the millions i should be able to use the same excuse to not take the vaccine

Who cares and stop crying. You made that decision to spread your legs and now deal with the consequences. Why should a unborn child not have a future because you and your partner wanted to be reckless.. A abortion should only take place if a women was forced to have sex..

I find it amazing that this law doesn’t hold men responsible at all! Until men are made to pay for and give up all their time, they have no say.

So brave of you to tell your story Madi!

So many of you putting all the onus on the woman. It's insane. What about the guy involved? She didn't get pregnant by herself, did she. Start holding the men who are getting women pregnant responsible as well. But this isn't about being pro-life: it's about controlling women.

Dont you want to be a slave? Then, you wont have a choice. I dont think Americans are aware of this threat: slavery. Galatians 5:1. God does not want anyone to be a slave that's why we have Sundays' rest. God wants us to find Him.

Exactly! It’s not a political decision! It’s a mother’s decision!

I don’t understand why women continue to live in Texas.

Abiding by the laws is imperative

I bet if a reporter really digs, they will find that there are some of these very same law makers that say no abortions have paid for their mistresses or kids have one.

How do these 'kkkristians' know that abortion isn't part of gods plan? If god is all knowing why would he send babies to women that would abort. Never trust anyone who think they know what god wants.

WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR BODY CAN EFFECT EVERYONE,AND YOU DO HAVE CONTROLL OVER THAT. IF YOU WANT ABABY PICK A FATHER THAT CAN TAKE ON HIM/HER.

Prayers for her heart ❤

The state of Texas sucks and will continue to suck as long as they have a Republican Governor.

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It is absolutely infuriating that the Republicans feel the right to force a woman to carry a pregnancy to term.

Proposing new Texas law - the “Keep it in your pants law”, if breaking law causes unwanted pregnancy, perpetrators would be castrated. That should fix it.

“My body is not their property.” Not a single pro life person thinks anything along these lines. It’s such a stupid straw man argument. Why can’t pro choice people debate in good faith, acknowledging the actual points of the other side?

Such an inconvenience- to travel 100s miles to rip you baby apart because you were irresponsible and didn’t use contraception. Live can be really hard.

This really shows how far a mother will go just to kill her baby. This is murder from the heart.

Birth control is super easy, cheap, and effective. I’m sorry murder is difficult.

What do you think is going to happen when you have sex?

So the poor girl had to drive 400 miles to kill a baby and we are supposed to feel sorry for her? Use birth control, make him wear a condom! Plenty of people would take that baby off of her hands for her.

Keep your legs closed lose $slut . once you'give up' your body And open them legs its no longer yours

“A story of the length people will go to kill their own children”

Her body is not others property, the baby is also not her property. What gives her right to kill the baby for her sexual pleasure? If you dont wanna get pregnant, dont have sex or use contraception properly.

The problem with people they don't remember girls killing themselves when they were pregnant. It wasn't a choice. Abortion wasn't legal but was still happening and those who had it at time could die. So I feel you guys thinking different. Your privilege

The journey to kill a baby. How heroic

Really depressing that Abortion Providers refuse to continue their work just because Civil Judgements might be imposed and Appeals might be lost. Ever hear of GoFundMe?

Texas is just a couple Bill’s away from having statutes resembling “The Salem Witch Trials”! This really happened & may be a repeat? In Salem, it was the witches committing the murders, not the women burned at the stake. The town ran out of women to have sex.

Now do one about the women who can't travel, who have no options, who won't even receive prenatal care when places like PP close down. Let's talk about how Texas has the highest infant and maternal mortality rate of any first world country.

All to kill a child

Awww, I'm so sorry she had to leave her state in order to kill her unborn baby 🙄

You spend money you don't have, and completely inconvenience yourself to kill a baby that you could've carried to term and made another family happy? What the hell?! That's where you may end up. 😡

The child's life is not your body.

Tragedy

religion is the cancer of humanity...none of it is real...scary to think billions believe in magic with absolutely no proof. shows the power of childhood religious conditioning....disgusting

rigth you are, nobody should decide what to do with your body, until you are alive and capable of understanding ,,,

why are you guys reporting this ridiculous article .... so your telling me over a two hour ride shes a face for the oppressed now .... Greta is gonna be pissed.

There is so much birth control out there, that there is no need to get pregnant. Once is a mistake, twice is on purpose.

Gotta do what you gotta do to kill a baby

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