NEW: The most restrictive abortion law in the country will remain in effect, after a federal appeals court sided with Texas on Thursday in an ongoing legal battle with the Department of Justice.
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.The most restrictive abortion law in the country will remain in effect, after a federal appeals court sided with Texas on Thursday in an ongoing legal battle with the Department of Justice.
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