Changes in Facility-Based Abortion Care Among Texas Resident Minors and Young Adults After a 2021 Abortion Ban:

Kari White1, Gracia Sierra1, Brooke Whitfield1

  • 1Kari White and Gracia Sierra are with Resound Research for Reproductive Health, Austin, TX. Brooke Whitfield was with the Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin at the time of the study. Kristina Tocce is with Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, Denver, CO. Samuel L. Dickman is with Planned Parenthood of Montana, Billings, MT. Vinita Goyal is with Alamo Women's Clinic of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM.

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