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Coverage dated February 24, 2022

Requests for At-Home Abortion Pill Soared 1200% After Texas Ban Took Effect

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Requests for abortion pills skyrocketed in Texas after a state law that bans abortions around six weeks of pregnancy went into effect last September

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  1. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Requests for At-Home Abortion Pill Soared 1200% After Texas Ban Took Effect (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    Requests for abortion pills skyrocketed in Texas after a state law that bans abortions around six weeks of pregnancy went into effect last September

  2. Politico

    Abortion pill use spikes in Texas as thousands of patients circumvent state’s ban (opens Politico)

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    Orders for the drugs from an international nonprofit spiked 1,180 percent in the first week after the Texas law took effect in September.

  3. CNN

    Texas abortion seekers flooded out-of-state clinics after six-week ban went into effect (opens CNN)

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    Planned Parenthood clinics in the five states neighboring Texas saw a nearly 800% increase in abortion patients from the Lone Star State after a six-week ban went into effect in September, the organization said Thursday.

  4. KVIA El Paso

    Texas abortion seekers flooded out-of-state clinics after six-week ban went into effect, Planned Parenthood records show (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By Tierney Sneed Planned Parenthood clinics in the five states neighboring Texas saw a nearly 800% increase in abortion patients from the Lone Star State after a six-week ban went into effect in September, the organization said Thursday.

  5. KVUE

    Demand for abortion-inducing medication spiked after Texas' near-total ban, report says (opens KVUE)

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    KVUE's feed description

    New data shows that demand has remained high for the two-drug regiment, which cannot be sent through the mail under Texas law.

  6. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Texas abortion seekers flooded out-of-state clinics after six-week ban went into effect, Planned Parenthood records show | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    By Tierney Sneed Planned Parenthood clinics in the five states neighboring Texas saw a nearly 800% increase in abortion patients from the Lone Star State

  7. Newsweek

    Demand for abortion pills in Texas spiked after abortion ban put in place (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    A new study by JAMA Network Open claims that there is some causation between the bill's enactment and the increase in pill requests.

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