Though this policy concerning the financial support of clinics has been put into effect, there needs to be a change. The reason to initiate change surrounding the ban on cities providing abortion clinics with any funds is that many abortion clinics, such as planned parenthood, not only provide abortions but encourage the practice of safe sex and the use of birth control instead of an abortion. According to author Sarah Baum, in her article Womens Experience Obtaining Abortion Care in Texas after Implementation of Restrictive Abortion Laws: A Qualitative Study, that within six months of Texas implementing the ban on cities providing financial support to clinics, the number of clinics that provide abortion procedures decreased by nearly a half. Along with a large percentage of clinics that provide abortions being shut down due to low funds, the number of abortions completed through medication completely decreased seventy-percent in comparison to the same period of time one yea
r prior due to this ban.
Many of the problems being faced in Texas today are that some women do not have the financial means to pay for an abortion. As a result of the ban, Women were confronted with informational, financial, and procedural obstacles when searching for abortion services, and these barriers often went hand and hand with levels of poverty. In order to undergo the abortion procedure, the woman has to attend two appointments before going through with the process. This causes a large investment of money to be put towards an abortion that some women need but cannot afford. The bills for the two appointments before the actual procedure, which are very pricey, have to be paid in full before undergoing the abortion process. The problem with this is that Texas does not provide any financial support for any abortion procedures and due to Texas banning all local governments from providing money to clinics, the price to undergo the procedure alone is quite the investment.