- July 9, 2022
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Economy
If Texas is a test for how socially conservative US states will fare economically in the post-Roe world, then they’ll hold up just fine.
More than a year after passing the country’s most restrictive abortion law, Texas boasts the largest number of Fortune 500 company headquarters of any state. In the latest sign of the Lone Star State’s enduring allure, Chevron Corp. announced plans to relocate workers to Houston just hours after the US Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade.
Other southern and Mountain states have been a magnet for Americans in recent years, a trend that accelerated during the pandemic and boosted growth in cities across Florida, Arizona, Idaho and Utah. These states, led by Republican governors, are now all trying to further restrict abortion — if not outright ban it.
“There will no doubt be people who won’t come to Texas or other southern states as a result of these…
