A frantic scene formed at an abortion clinic in Fort Worth, Texas, as dozens of women congregated in a last ditch effort to get an abortion.
Whole Woman’s Health (WWH) in Central Texas worked to terminate 67 pregnancies in 17 hours after an all-hands on deck approach to help women seeking care.
The strictest abortion law in the nation was set to go into effect at midnight, and many women flocked to the clinic for their last chance to have the procedure while they still could.
The frenzy occurred Tuesday night, August 31, after the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) had still not ruled on an emergency appeal to halt the law until further review.
On Wednesday night, the SCOTUS ruled not to place a stay on the law, allowing it to go into effect while it undergoes judicial review.
Whole Woman's Health Clinic in Fort Worth, Texas (pictured) performed 67 abortions in a matter of only 17 hours as many women arrived in a last ditch effort to get the procedure before a new restriction went into effect at midnight
Amy Hagstrom Miller, founder of WWH, notified people via Twitter that her clinic would perform abortions up until the midnight deadline
'We have staff and doctors providing abortions in Texas - still at this hour - and they are all in to provide care until 11:59 tonight. Our waiting rooms are filled with patients and their loved ones. Right now,' Amy Hagstrom Miller, CEO and Founder of WWH wrote on the companies Twitter page.
The 19th reports that the clinic was surrounded by both patients and protesters.
Marva Sadler, an administrator at WWH, told the 19th that her staff that her team had to perform almost eight abortions an hour during the final hours in order to help everyone.
Not everyone could get the procedure they wanted, though.
One woman, The 19th reports, arrived for an abortion, telling the staff she was going to prison soon and did not want to deliver a child in jail.
Texas law already required a woman to get a first appointment with a doctor to discuss the procedure 24 hours they actually got the abortion done.
The new bill allows any woman who gets an abortion after six weeks to be sued by any private American anywhere in the country. Many women do not even know they are pregnant yet at six
