Monday, July 22, 2013

Texas’ Tough New Abortion Restrictions May Send Women To Mexico In Search Of Care

Texas’ Tough New Abortion Restrictions May Send Women To Mexico In Search Of Care: Last Thursday, Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) signed the state’s stringent new abortion restrictions into law. In addition to banning abortions after 20 weeks, the law is expected to shutter 90 percent of the state’s abortion clinics by imposing costly new building codes — a result that will likely prevent low-income and rural women from receiving [...]/p