She inquired about abortion, only to learn it was illegal in Texas. She was steered towards an underground abortion joint and was shocked.
她四处打听堕胎的事，却只了解到在德州堕胎是违法的。
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In Africa and Asia, where abortion is generally either illegal orrestricted, the abortion rate in 2003 (the latest year for which figures areavailable) was 29 per 1, 000 women aged 15-44.
But doctors argue that, if parents have a say, teenagers may be put off going to health clinics and end up seeking an illegal and risky backstreet abortion instead.