Texas abortion numbers dropped 50% following ban

The report from the university’s Texas Policy Evaluation Project compared the changes in the number of in-state abortions that occurred between July and September 2021 to the number of abortions that were performed during the same period last year.

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There were 2,164 abortions performed in September 2021, the month after Texas Senate Bill 8 ban went into effect on Sept. 1. That is a 49.8 percent drop from the 4,313 abortions that were performed in September 2020.

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