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For 5 straight months, a Mississippi woman tried to get an abortion every week. By the time she got to the clinic, it was almost too late.

At 21 weeks pregnant, she may be one of the last women able to get an abortion that far along in Arkansas. buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…

Many women who have abortions late into their second trimester experienced logistical and financial delays. A.’s experience of trying to have an abortion was full of obstacles that are far from unique for women in the South. buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…

Though a fetus cannot survive outside the womb at 21 weeks, Arkansas has a ban on abortion after 22 weeks from a patient’s last period. A new state law banning abortion after 18 weeks of pregnancy is scheduled to go into effect in July.

The man who got A. pregnant pressured her to keep the baby and lied about wiring money to the abortion clinic, according to texts reviewed by BuzzFeed News.

She realized he was trying to sabotage her abortion – and she was racing against the clock.

Eventually, A. found the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund, an abortion fund that pays for anything that will help women access abortion in the South, and, in the 11th hour, was able to have her abortion.

You can read more about the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund, run by a mom and her seven kids, here:

buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…