Changes in Facility-Based Abortion Care Among Texas Resident Minors and Young Adults After a 2021 Abortion Ban: September 2020–May 2022.
Objectives. To compare changes in the number of facility-based abortions among Texas residents in different age groups following the state's 2021 law prohibiting abortion after detection of embryonic cardiac activity. Methods. We obtained data from Texas and 6 surrounding states on Texas residents'...
| Published in: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 116; no. 3; pp. 337 - 341 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=191486658&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 191486658 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00900036 APH jtl: American Journal of Public Health issn: 00900036 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2026 vid: 116 iid: 3 pid: 44 pub: American Public Health Association artinfo: ui: 191486658 10.2105/AJPH.2025.308289 ppf: 337 ppct: 4 formats: tig: atl: Changes in Facility-Based Abortion Care Among Texas Resident Minors and Young Adults After a 2021 Abortion Ban: September 2020–May 2022. aug: au: White, Kari Sierra, Gracia Whitfield, Brooke Tocce, Kristina Dickman, Samuel L. Goyal, Vinita affil: Resound Research for Reproductive Health, Austin, TX. Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, Denver, CO. Planned Parenthood of Montana, Billings, MT Alamo Women’s Clinic of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM. su: Texas Health services accessibility Reproductive health Health policy Quantitative research Health facilities Reproductive rights Abortion laws Patient autonomy Maternal health services Descriptive statistics Confidence intervals Comparative studies Regression analysis sug: subj: Health services accessibility Reproductive health Health policy Quantitative research Health facilities Reproductive rights Texas All Other Outpatient Care Centers Administration of Public Health Programs Abortion laws Patient autonomy Maternal health services Descriptive statistics Confidence intervals Comparative studies Regression analysis ab: Objectives. To compare changes in the number of facility-based abortions among Texas residents in different age groups following the state's 2021 law prohibiting abortion after detection of embryonic cardiac activity. Methods. We obtained data from Texas and 6 surrounding states on Texas residents' age at abortion from state vital statistics and data provided directly by out-of-state abortion facilities. Using negative binomial regression, we estimated the percentage change in abortions before (September 2020–May 2021) and after (September 2021–May 2022) the law went into effect. Results. After the law's implementation, total (in-state and out-of-state) facility-based abortions decreased by 26.1% (95% confidence interval [CI] = −32.7%, −18.8%) among Texans younger than 18 years, by 19.6% (95% CI = −21.4%, −17.7%) among young adult Texans aged 18 to 24 years, and by 17.0% (95% CI = −19.1%, −14.8%) among Texans aged 25 to 29 years. Conclusions. Texas's law disproportionately affected access to facility-based abortion care among Texans aged 24 years and younger. Public Health Implications. State laws prohibiting abortions in early pregnancy disproportionately affect young people's reproductive autonomy, likely by compounding long-standing financial and logistical barriers to facility-based care. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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