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In the period between 1972 and 1974, Texas had the highest illegal abortion death rate in the United States with a rate of 62 deaths per million live births. [123] In the same period, Texas and New York State had the largest number of illegal abortion deaths.
The Texas Legislature banned abortion care as early as five weeks into pregnancy in September 2021, nearly a year before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade — the case that protected a ...
The new study compared infant death rates in Texas from 2018 to 2022 to those of 28 other states. ... Infant deaths in Texas rose by nearly 13% the year after SB8 was passed, from 1,985 in 2021 to ...
In the first six months of 2021, it was "Already the Worst Legislative Year Ever for U.S. Abortion Rights" - with more than 90 abortion restrictions being implemented in just the first half of the year, which was already more than any other year since 1973 - since the Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973. [31]
English: This graph shows data on U.S. abortion rates from 1973 to 2017. The data, collected by the Guttmacher Institute, is taken from the following documents: Jones, Rachel K.; Kooistra, Kathryn (March 2011). "Abortion Incidence and Access to Services in the United States, 2008" (PDF).
The neonatal mortality rate – or the death rates of babies younger than 28 days – also increased in Texas by 5.8% but decreased in the rest of the US, the study found.
For 2020, the Guttmacher Institute reported 930,160 abortions, an abortion rate of 14.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years, and 20.6 abortions per 100 pregnancies ending in abortion or live birth. [6] Graph of U.S. abortion rates from 1973 to 2020, as reported by the Guttmacher Institute [8] [1] [8] [1] [6] [8] [1] [6]
According to October polling from the Texas Politics Project, 7% of Texas likely voters say abortion/women’s rights is the most important issue to their vote, trailing the economy, immigration ...