Though traveling to other states for an abortion is an option, it's not simple. Women who undergo the multi-day medication abortion treatment are often told to stay in the state where they began the process -- making such trips prohibitively expensive for some.

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So the Mexican network's daring -- and illegal -- operation has emerged as one few avenues for women seeking abortions in south Texas and beyond, drawing on a model of activist-led abortion access that already exists in Mexico.

Sandra Cardona, whose group Necesito Abortar Mexico is part of the Mexican abortifacient network, says her group alone received more than 70 requests for help from women in the US in the week following the Supreme Court ruling.

"What we did was start giving them options," she said.

Though traveling to other states for an abortion is an option, it's not simple. Women who undergo the multi-day medication abortion treatment are often told to stay in the state where they began the process -- making such trips prohibitively expensive for some.

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So the Mexican network's daring -- and illegal -- operation has emerged as one few avenues for women seeking abortions in south Texas and beyond, drawing on a model of activist-led abortion access that already exists in Mexico.

Sandra Cardona, whose group Necesito Abortar Mexico is part of the Mexican abortifacient network, says her group alone received more than 70 requests for help from women in the US in the week following the Supreme Court ruling.

"What we did was start giving them options," she said.