Findings explain that 100000 to 240000 women aged 18-49 attempted at-domestic procedures in wake of legislative attempts to curtail abortion access in stateBetween 100000 and 240000 women in Texas aged 18 to 49 have tried to induce an abortion at domestic,according to a fresh study released on Tuesday. In the first study of its kind, the Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP), and run by the University of Texas,attempted to explain the prevalence of self-induced abortions in the state in the wake of legislators’ attempts to limit women’s access to abortions. Last week the supreme court agreed to hear a challenge to one of Texas’s most stringent abortion laws, known as HB2, and which has led to the closure of more than half the state’s clinics.
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Source: theguardian.com