"Mandatory counseling and waiting period laws that require an additional in-person visit before the procedure likely increase both the personal and the financial costs of obtaining an abortion, thereby preventing some women from accessing abortion services."

That's pretty much the point of those laws, though, isn't it? People who favor these laws can go "See, fewer abortions!" and sit back and cheer at the women being punished for being pregnant and not wanting to be Precious Babies Saved!

I mean I thought the precise and explicit purpose of those laws was to make abortion more difficult and expensive, thereby forcing women who couldn't afford a hotel room/extra day off work/whatever the issue is into giving birth. Did anyone claim they had another purpose?