They tried and failed to get an abortion. Texas family grapples with what it'll mean
Anna and Tony have six kids and are expecting a seventh. They couldn't afford to travel to where abortion is legal. With few places to turn to for help, they're worried about their family's future.
by Katia Riddle
Jun 22, 2023
4 minutes
"Have this baby, and I will help you."
For decades, Tere Haring has been making this promise to the pregnant women of San Antonio. She runs a crisis pregnancy center called Allied Women's Center out of a small house a few miles from the city's downtown. Women often come here for free pregnancy tests. When those tests come up positive, Haring and her volunteer staff try to dissuade them from pursuing abortion.
"I feel like [if] you talked a woman out of an abortion, you owe her more," Haring says.
To these women and all the others who walk in her door, Haring hands out things like formula, food, baby clothes and cash. Someone needs a high chair? She finds one. Coming up short on
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