Texas abortions dropped 15 percent after now overturned law

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Abortions in Texas plummeted 15 percent during the first year after the Republican-controlled state passed tough restrictions that the U.S. Supreme Court has now struck down — the best indication yet of just how hard it had become to get an abortion in America's second-largest state.

The health department released the statistics Thursday, after lengthy delays that the agency blamed on finalizing the data.