Corrigendum to The Sociopolitical Context of Abortion Bill Authorship in Texas

Abstract

2The dependent variable is the count of bills that restrict abortion that a legislator signed on as a primary, joint, or coauthor during a given panel. To identify relevant bills, we used the search function through the Texas Legislative Reference Library’s website to create a roster of bills for which the “Subject” is “abortion.” This search identified 251 bills. We reviewed the text of each of these bills to confirm that it pertains to the act of abortion, to funding for abortions, or otherwise concerns abortion seekers, providers, or facilities. We excluded two bills that did not meet these criteria. We also excluded 41 progressive bills that propose improved access to or the deregulation of abortion. Our dependent measure refers to authorship of the remaining 208 restrictive abortion bills (listed in Appendix). On average, a legislator authored 1.98 restrictive abortion bills per panel with a standard deviation of 3.89.