{"id":237516,"date":"2021-01-06T17:38:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T23:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=237516"},"modified":"2021-01-06T01:17:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T07:17:35","slug":"abortion-pill-rate-increase-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-pill-rate-increase-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Could the abortion pill be behind the abortion rate increase in Texas?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(National Review<\/a>) Last week, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission released abortion data<\/a> for 2018 and 2019. The new data should concern pro-lifers, as they indicate that the incidence of abortion in Texas increased in both years. Between 2017 and 2019, the abortion rate in the Lone Star State increased by approximately 5 percent. During the same period, the incidence of abortion increased across nearly every racial and age category in the state. The data are broadly consistent with new data<\/a> from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), which showed a slight increase in the U.S. abortion rate between 2017 and 2018.<\/p>\n