. >> to end her pregnancy, 23-year-old melissa is going to take a drug called misoprostal, normally used to treat you willers? >> put them under your tongue because they are more effective that way. >> it will cause a miscarriage? >> it does say on the box not to use while pregnant >> yeah. >> by the time she is done, melissa will have swallowed 12 pills. >> all right. when could we do this? really. >> okay. >> the rate of attempted self-in deuced abortions in texas is believed to be one of the highest in the united states. >> you are going to take four your first dose is four >> "fault lines" is here to find out why. >> okay. >> and then keep checking the time. thirty minutes. >> uh-huh. >>> whole woman's health in mechanicalen, a city in the lower rio grandee valley on the southernmost tip of texas, a few months ago, she could have come to this clinic for a legal abortion but it's been practically shut down and isn't allowed to provide abortions anymore. last november, a law went into effect that made it harder for doctors to perform abortions. under the new legislation, doctors need a