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.
It’s an 0.4% increase, well within the range of random fluctuations. My takeaway is that the abortion ban did not cause a significant increase in the teen birth rate.
If even one teenager gave birth when they didn’t want to, that is too many.
Of course.
Parent commenter didn’t seem to be making a value judgement.