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.

  • atomicorange@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Do you think the abortion law might not have anything to do with the change in birth rate among Hispanic teens? I guess I’m not sure why breaking this out into racial demographics is adding anything to our understanding of the trend.

    Examining why hispanic girls seem to be disproportionately affected by the law could be an interesting followon study.

    • ColeSloth
      3·
      10 months ago

      I specified in my comment that I was sure it had something to do with it, but that doesn’t change that it would still be on a downward trend if not for Hispanics, and since there’s only a few states that the hispanic population is large enough to significantly change the data.