According to a University of Houston report, the increase reverses a 15-year trend. And unwanted pregnancies will rise, researchers predict.

A 15-year decline in Texas teen birth rates slid to a stop—and converted into a modest increase in 2022, the year after the state Legislature implemented what was the nation’s strongest ban on abortion, according to new report from the University of Houston’s Institute for Research on Women, Gender & Sexuality.

  • JasonDJ
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    11 months ago

    Oh man, what a backfire.

    I’d bet that in aggregate, white women are far more advantaged for traveling and affording an out-of-state abortion than Latina women.

    End result is more Latinx babies and less white babies. Conservatives brought about the majority-minority they tried to prevent, thanks to their own hubris.

    No doubt they’ll use that to their advantage though. It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.