Abortion Restrictions Led to Longer Wait Times
Wait times to get an abortion in Texas have grown in some metropolitan areas, a trend that could be felt statewide if the U.S. Supreme Court allows the strictest provision of the state’s 2013 abortion law to take effect. That's according to a new report by the Texas Policy Evaluation Project at the University of Texas at Austin.
About half of Texas abortion clinics have closed their doors following the passage of House Bill 2, elements of which have been tangled up in court since lawmakers approved it.
As a result, in the last year, some women in Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin have waited up to 20 days to obtain the procedure. While wait times have remained stable and short in Houston and San Antonio, the researchers projected that they could also grow in those areas if the Supreme Court upholds additional restrictions in the Texas abortion legislation.
Under HB 2, doctors who perform abortions are required to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of an abortion clinic. A separate provision of the of the law, which is currently blocked from enforcement by the Supreme Court, would require Texas abortion facilities to meet the same standards as so-called ambulatory surgical centers, from minimum sizes for rooms and doorways to pipelines for anesthesia and other infrastructure.
Read more: http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/05/report-abortion-restrictions-led-longer-wait-times/
Please also read the following story that I posted in LBN:
Texas AG asks Supreme Court to uphold state’s abortion restrictions
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