EAGLE PASS, TX – Abortion restrictions in Texas are leading some women to seek options in Mexico. But one pro-life ministry here in the border town of Eagle Pass is offering them an alternative.
A high-stakes battle for the lives of unborn children is playing out in this part of Texas because women here can easily cross the border into Mexico and obtain an abortion.
Amie Crabtree of Promise Family Services tells us, “They offer the pill and other types of abortion just right across the river. And so, if someone wants to, they can seek that out.”
While the issue of migrants flooding the border to get into the U.S. is well known, Americans may be unaware of pregnant women crossing into Mexico for an abortion that is legal and typically low cost.
“They can just go quite easily and then come back without really knowing the consequences of those actions or not really having the support,” says Adriana of Promise Family Services.
Three years ago, Texas passed its heartbeat law, banning abortions after six weeks when the preborn child’s unique heartbeat becomes detectable. A week later, the Mexican Supreme Court decriminalized abortion. Latin American abortion advocates, known as the
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