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Four Texas Counties Now Ban Travel for Abortions
The ordinance bars Texans from leaving the state to end their pregnancies.
Since 1954
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The ordinance bars Texans from leaving the state to end their pregnancies.
The same researchers found that the mortality rate for Black babies was more than twice that of white ones.
The mother behind the lawsuit developed facial paralysis and depression from the trauma of being separated from her son.