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After abortion ruling, clinic staff grapple with trauma

Kaylen Barker, chief lobbyist and communications manager for the Women's Health Center of West Virginia, reflects on the impact shutting down abortion services has had on staff and patients in the clinic's conference room on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)

Beth Fiddler, a receptionist and telephone counselor at the Women's Health Center of West Virginia, staples paperwork in her office outside the clinic's empty waiting room on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)

After abortion ruling, clinic staff grapple with trauma