Leah Torres

Torres is the director of patient care and programs at West Alabama Women’s Center, a Tuscaloosa clinic that offers abortion, contraception, STI testing and treatment and other reproductive health care

Recent Articles

What Nine Months Means to a Pregnant Person

It has now been nine months since abortions were made illegal in the state of Alabama.

By Robin Marty and Leah Torres

If Roe v. Wade Is Overturned, Our Clinic Will Stop Providing Abortions Immediately. But We Won't Shut Down

Today, like most weekday mornings, there will be about a dozen women at various points in early pregnancy patiently waiting for their appointments at West Alabama Women’s Center, where we work. Some of them will...

By Leah Torres and Robin Marty

What We Fear in the Wake of the Texas Abortion Law

On Sept. 1, Texas enacted an extreme law that effectively ended abortion care in the state. Since then, clinics in states on the western and northern borders have seen a dramatic increase in patient visits...

By Robin Marty and Leah Torres
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