Clinics in Oklahoma and Kansas were already experiencing an increased demand for abortions before the controversial bill in Texas went into effect on Wednesday. 

Trust Women — an organization that operates two abortion clinics in Wichita and Oklahoma City — said it had already started seeing an increase in Texans requesting appointments in the weeks before the bill was enacted. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the legislation in May.

"In the weeks before Texas’ de facto abortion ban, SB 8, went into effect, Trust Women clinics in Oklahoma City and Wichita were already seeing an increase in appointments from Texas patients seeking essential abortion care," the group wrote in a press release.

"Our clinics remain open and ready to provide quality, compassionate abortion care to everyone who needs it, regardless of ability to pay," it added.

The bill prohibits virtually all abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can occur as early as six weeks into pregnancy.

Additionally, the legislation allows most private citizens to file lawsuits against abortion providers if they believe they are infringing on the new policy.

The law does, however, make an exception for medical emergencies.

Late Wednesday night, the Supreme Court denied an emergency request from abortion providers to block the law. The bench voted 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts siding with the liberal justices in dissent.

Trust Women’s Oklahoma City clinic, which is more than 100 miles away from the state’s border with Texas, had already scheduled abortion-related appointments for roughly 40 people from Texas as of Tuesday, spokesperson Zack Gingrich-Gaylord confirmed to The Hill.

The group’s Wichita clinic, which is nearly 300 miles away from the Texas border, already had 10 visits booked for people from Texas by the end of August.

The 19th first reported on the clinics' appointment numbers.

While the group’s locations do normally perform abortions for Texans, Gingrich-Gaylord said those numbers represent a significant increase from typical levels.

“We are already booking Texas patients through the end of September,” Gingrich-Gaylord said, according to the 19th.

“We’ll obviously continue to try to add more capacity, but it’s already a sign of the coming wave that we’re looking that far out,” he added.

The Wichita location is now making arrangements for construction on the facility in an effort to expand the number of patients that can be seen, Gingrich-Gaylord confirmed

Trust Women said it is "coordinating with funds and providers from Texas and across the Midwest region in order to provide the best care possible for our patients."

"It is also important that the public be aware of the dire situation that the Texas abortion ban has created," it added.

The 19th also reported that clinics in a number of states nationwide are expecting an increase in calls from Texas patients requesting abortions.

Joan Lamunyon Sanford — leader of the New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, which helps people financially if they travel to the state for abortions — told the outlet that they are “planning on a large increase [in calls] starting late this week and next week.”

Updated 7:02 p.m.