In their latest attempt to roll back abortion access, conservatives have seized on later abortions as a moral outrage. The only problem? New research suggests restrictions on abortion actually push women to get them later in pregnancy.
A new study from the Texas Policy Evaluation Project found that the number of second-trimester abortions in Texas increased after implementation of a restrictive abortion law in 2013—even as the number of abortions overall decreased. On average, patients received abortion care one week later following the implementation of the law.
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