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- Tens of thousands of women fled Texas in 2023 to get abortions out of state, data shows.
- It was the most of any state. Nationally, over 171,000 patients traveled out of state to get care.
- The state of reproductive and maternal healthcare will only get worse in Texas, one expert said.
They say everything is bigger in Texas.
That includes the number of women who had to leave the state to get abortion care, new data shows.
In 2023, over 35,000 patients fled Texas to get abortion care in another state, according to data from the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion research and policy organization.