The Economic Consequences of Being Denied an Abortions

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Miller, Sarah; Wherry, Laura R.; Foster, Diana Greene
• 署名单位: University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; New York University; University of California System; University of California San Francisco
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.20210159
• 发表日期: 2023
• 页码: 394-437
• 关键词: parental involvement laws; UNITED-STATES; legalized abortion; IMPACT; women; pregnancy; services; access; HEALTH; child

摘要

This paper evaluates the financial and economic consequences of being denied an abortion. We link credit report data to the Turnaway Study, which collected high-quality, longitudinal data on women receiving or being denied a wanted abortion in the United States. We compare financial outcomes over a ten-year period for women who had pregnancies just above and below a gestational age limit allowing for a wanted abortion. Outcomes evolved similarly for the two groups prior to the abortion encounter. Following the encounter, women who were denied an abortion experience a large increase in financial distress that remains for several years. (JEL G51, I18, J13, J16)