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.

  • ArbitraryValueEnglish
    522·
    8 months ago

    It’s an 0.4% increase, well within the range of random fluctuations. My takeaway is that the abortion ban did not cause a significant increase in the teen birth rate.

      • brbposting
        61·
        8 months ago

        Of course.

        Parent commenter didn’t seem to be making a value judgement.