NO SHIT SHERLOCK: Fallout From HB2 Proves Bill Was Never About Women’s Health
Last summer, after two special sessions and amid unprecedented protest, Texas Republican lawmakers passed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. New research conducted by Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TX-PEP) and released on July 18, 2014—the one-year anniversary of the signing of House Bill 2—highlights the devastating consequences of HB2.
Half of Texas abortion clinics have shut down or stopped providing care, while the number of women of reproductive age who live more than 100 miles from a Texas abortion clinic more than doubled. There are now no abortion clinics in southeast Texas or the Rio Grande Valley.
And by September 2014, it will get even more difficult for women in Texas to access abortion, with only 6 clinics open across the state and more than 1.3 million women living more than 100 miles from a clinic.
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