Texas sees steep decline in abortions after Roe v. Wade ruling

DALLAS — The fast affect was emotion.

People spilled onto the streets of downtown Dallas and Fort Worth – some celebrating, some protesting – when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.

Four months later, researchers have made a primary try and quantify the affect of that call.

The Society for Family Planning collected information from abortion suppliers throughout the nation.

Using that information, the society produced a report known as We Count, which discovered an estimated 6% decline in abortions nationwide between April and August.

Researchers discovered an estimated 96% decline in the procedures in what they label the south-central states of Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.

In Texas particularly, an estimated 2,770 have been offered in April. 

That was after SB 8, which banned abortion at about six weeks, had taken impact. 

By August, the quantity was right down to 10.

“This means there are children alive today who otherwise would not have been if not for this Supreme Court decision and this epic victory,” stated Kimberlyn Schwartz of Texas Right to Life.

“I expect more data will show we’re saving even more lives than what is being shown in this study,” she stated.

The report additionally discovered a rise in abortions being offered in states the place the process stays authorized.

According to the We Count report, abortions elevated by 12% in New Mexico, 36% in Kansas, and 33% in Colorado between April and August.

In California, Dr. Shannon Connolly, affiliate medical director for Planned Parenthood Orange and San Bernadino Counties, instructed ABC News because the fall of Roe v. Wade she’s seen a 200% improve in sufferers from out of state.

It’s a visit some wrestle to afford.

“Imagine having to choose between paying rent and paying for your abortion,” Connolly stated. “People are literally risking homelessness to get their health care.”

When the following legislative session begins in Austin in January, some Republican lawmakers have indicated a willingness to contemplate including to the Texas regulation an exception for abortions in circumstances of rape or incest.

But Schwartz stated that will likely be met with resistance.

“If that momentum grows, we’ll be sure we put an end to that because we cannot live in a culture that says these lives are valuable and these lives are not,” Schwartz stated.