The Impact of State-Level Restrictions on Abortion

This research examines 23 different laws passed by state governments in an effort to restrict the number of abortions. It assesses both laws passed and laws actually enforced after the Supreme Court permitted states to restrict access to abortion in 1989. None of the policy actions by state governme...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Demography 1996-08, Vol.33 (3), p.307-312
Hauptverfasser:	Meier, Kenneth J., Haider-Markel, Donald P., Stanislawski, Anthony J., Mcfarlane, Deborah R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abortion Abortion, Induced - economics Abortion, Induced - statistics & numerical data Abortion, Legal Adolescent Adult Age Distribution Autocorrelation Bioethics Birth rate Black people Effectiveness Family planning Female Fertility Fertility and Contraception Fetus Funding Health Policy Health Services Accessibility - legislation & jurisprudence Humans Induced abortion Informed Consent Law enforcement Legalization Models, Theoretical Physicians Policy Policy making Population Pregnancy Regression Analysis Reproductive health Social legislation State government State laws State legislation States U.S.A United States - epidemiology Urban areas Urbanism USA Variables Women Womens health
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Zusammenfassung:	This research examines 23 different laws passed by state governments in an effort to restrict the number of abortions. It assesses both laws passed and laws actually enforced after the Supreme Court permitted states to restrict access to abortion in 1989. None of the policy actions by state governments has had a significant impact on the incidence of abortion from 1982 to 1992. Abortion rates continue to reflect past abortion rates, the number of abortion providers, whether the state funds abortions for Medicaid-eligible women, urbanism, and racial composition of the population. Recent restrictive policies have not affected these trends.
ISSN:	0070-3370 1533-7790
DOI:	10.2307/2061763