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In recent years, several new regulations on abortion have become law in Texas – and not without some corresponding legal challenges. Now, some researchers are gathering analytical and anecdotal evidence of just how those laws have affected women around the state.
Researchers from the Texas Policy Evaluation Project at the University of Texas are going about this by, among other things, talking with some 600 women seeking abortions at clinics around the state.
Elsa Vizcarra traveled to 12 different clinics, and in the waiting rooms, she'd strike up conversations with women between the ages of 18 and 44 and interview them about their experiences.
In the audio above, she tells producer Michael Hagerty what she found.
