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.

  • Masterblaster@kbin.social
    50·
    5 months ago

    slavery never died. it just put on a new suit.

    we fought a war to end it the first time. i fail to see why we should be so polite now.

    • Crikeste@lemm.ee
      4·
      5 months ago

      It didn’t even put on a new suit. It’s still legal as long as it’s a punishment.