Texas sends millions to anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers. It's meant to help needy families, but no one knows if it works.

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Year after year, while Roe v. Wade was the law of the land, Texas legislators passed measures limiting access to abortion — who could have one, how and where. And with the same cadence, they added millions of dollars to a program designed to discourage people from terminating pregnancies.