“Teen birth rates spiked in Texas after Planned Parenthood was defunded” (Houston Cronicle):
The study by Analisa Packham, who received her doctorate in economics from A&M in 2016 and now works at Miami University, claims the reduction of family planning services in Texas has resulted in the closure of 80 clinics and an increase in teen birth rates by 3.4 percent.
So… an increase of prices by 3.4% = “minimal”; an increase in tax rates of 3.4% = “modest”; an increase of 3.4% that can be plausibly attributed to a policy change by non-Democrats = “spike”.
Related:
- Texas family law to calculate the potential revenue yield from one of those teen births (up to 10X more lucrative than in Sweden, but only 1/10th as lucrative as in California or Massachusetts)
Teen birth rates are way down from 30 years ago, because of cultural changes. The teen stars of today are nuns compared to what we grew up with.