Florida abortion centers prepare for health crisis, 6-week ban draws closer [Video]

(CNN) — At 19-years-old, Kelly Flynn was a patient seeking an abortion at a North Carolina abortion clinic. It wasn’t long before she began working at the same clinic, drawing on her experience to offer kindness and assistance to the patients around her.

“The work really found me,” she said.

Flynn now runs that clinic and four others across North Carolina, Virginia and Florida.

As president and CEO of A Woman’s Choice, she’s watched her clinics become a lifeline for patients in the South, where access to abortion is rapidly narrowing.

In Florida, the state Supreme Court issued a ruling Monday that triggered a six-week abortion ban approved by state lawmakers last year. On May 1, it will replace the state’s current 15-week ban.

“I could never imagine when I had my abortion 20-some years ago that I wouldn’t have that option,” Flynn said. “So many people don’t know that they’re even pregnant at six weeks.”

In the wake …