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Access to birth control, affordable health care is hard to come by as Texas curbs abortion rights

On Nov. 1, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear challenges to Texas’ new law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. This comes as the availability of contraceptive methods and services is also limited.

Dominic Anthony Walsh of Texas Public Radio reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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