الأربعاء، 10 يونيو 2015

Texas abortion law ruling: Latinas more likely to avoid clinics and self-terminate

Low-income and ‘landlocked’ undocumented women may have difficulty accessing care in the state, stoking fears that self-induced abortions will increase


Fewer Latinas are seeking care at a dwindling number of Texas abortion clinics, amid fears that the amount of women attempting self-induced abortions may be rising, according to researchers and advocacy groups.

The warnings arrived in the aftermath of a federal appellate court decision on Tuesday to uphold the most restrictive provisions of a law that could leave the second-largest state in the US with as few as seven abortion clinics.

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