224 'Medically Necessary' Abortions Reported in Texas Since Dobbs, Data Scope Remains Disputed
THE TEXAN
From August 2022 — the month Texas’ abortion restrictions trigger law went into effect — to December 2024, no elective abortions have been performed, according to Induced Termination of Pregnancy (ITOP) data released monthly by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHS).
Bradley Pierce, President of Abolish Abortion Texas, told The Texan he believes the Texas HHS data indicating zero elective abortions is missing important context because it “does not account for the more than 25,000 abortions still happening on Texas soil every single year by means of abortion pills from telehealth visits and protected by shield laws.”