When Abortion Was Legal in Just 6 States

On Thursday, FiveThirtyEight published a story I wrote about the challenges of estimating abortion rates. As I discovered while reporting the piece, it’s a data problem that will only get more difficult as states like Texas pass legislation that effectively forces abortion clinics to close. As the issue becomes more politicized, states are less willing to hand over abortion data, making it hard for us to know whether policy changes are resulting in fewer abortions.

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