How Texas' abortion law could make systemic racism even worse

Opponents and supporters of an abortion bill hold signs near a news conference outside the Texas Capitol, in Austin, Texas.
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Texas' anti-abortion law empowers private citizens to sue anyone they suspect of providing an abortion.
Some experts see the law as a tool to threaten groups already vulnerable to disproportionate punishment.
Data from 2014 indicates that people of color constituted about 62% of US abortion procedures that year.
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