'What we know from the study is that how far away the Texas clinics are and how much it costs to travel to them played a significant role in these women’s decisions.' via SAcurrent
Women in Texas, which has of the most restrictive state abortion laws, attempt to self-administer abortions at more than three times the national average, new peer-reviewed research shows.
“What we know from the study is that how far away the Texas clinics are and how much it costs to travel to them played a significant role in these women’s decisions,” said head researcher Liza Fuentes, a scientist at Guttmacher Institute. “The takeaway is that cost and distance really matter, and that’s something that’s been shown with many other types of healthcare.”
The U.S. Supreme Court threw out the Texas law in 2016, but by then the damage was already done. A National Public Radio investigation last year revealed that the number of Texas clinics plummeted from 40 to 22 in the wake of the regulations. Further, some of the women said that without medical supervision they were unsure what effect their attempted self-abortion might have on their future fertility or how to know if the procedure had put their health at risk.
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