Not exact matches
Restrictive laws in
Texas have forced so many clinic closings that fewer than 20 remain to serve 5.4 million
women of reproductive age.
If the 2013 restrictions go into full effect, the 5.9 million
women of reproductive age in
Texas will be left with only 10 health centers that provide safe, legal abortion in the entire state.
This new law signed today comes on the heels
of a devastating decision by the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to uphold a 2013 state law that could leave the 5.4 million
women of reproductive age in
Texas with only 9 or 10 health centers in the entire state that provide safe legal abortion — and approximately 900,000
of those
women with no health center within 150 miles
of their home.
The 5.4 million
women of reproductive age in
Texas will be left with only 10 health centers that provide safe, legal abortion in the entire state — down from approximately 40 health centers before passage
of this dangerous law.
If the Court had upheld
Texas» anti-abortion restrictions, only nine abortion providers would have been left standing for
Texas» 5.4 million
women of reproductive age — and that's down from approximately 40 health centers before this dangerous law passed.