The fertility rate of teens in Texas rose for the first time in 15 years in 2022, with Hispanic teens at the top of the list of pregnancies for this demographic. The emerging trend is being attributed to the six-week state abortion ban which took effect in 2021, a University of Houston study reveals.
Concretely, Texas women delivered 16,147 more babies in 2022 than in 2021. Of those, 13,503 babies, or 84% of the additional babies, were delivered by Latinas, according to the study.
