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.

  • runswithjedi@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Bonus points if they’re indoctrinated into Conservatism. But it doesn’t really matter because they’ll gerrymander their rights away regardless.