Different and not equal: The uneven association of race, poverty, and abortion laws on abortion timing
AL Solazzo - Social Problems, 2019 - academic.oup.com
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The number of regulations surrounding abortion has increased drastically in recent years. It
is important to assess how these laws relate to abortion timing, since the cost, safety, and
accessibility of abortion varies by how many weeks pregnant a woman is when the
procedure occurs. Research examining how state laws relate to abortion timing generally
use rates or data from vital statistics; while informative, such methods do not allow
researchers to examine how these laws may be disproportionately associated with abortion …
is important to assess how these laws relate to abortion timing, since the cost, safety, and
accessibility of abortion varies by how many weeks pregnant a woman is when the
procedure occurs. Research examining how state laws relate to abortion timing generally
use rates or data from vital statistics; while informative, such methods do not allow
researchers to examine how these laws may be disproportionately associated with abortion …
Abstract
The number of regulations surrounding abortion has increased drastically in recent years. It is important to assess how these laws relate to abortion timing, since the cost, safety, and accessibility of abortion varies by how many weeks pregnant a woman is when the procedure occurs. Research examining how state laws relate to abortion timing generally use rates or data from vital statistics; while informative, such methods do not allow researchers to examine how these laws may be disproportionately associated with abortion timing among select groups of women, including poor and nonwhite women. To fill this research gap, I analyze data from the nationally representative 2008 Abortion Patient Survey, with appended information on state laws regarding abortion in 2008. I find that laws requiring second trimester abortions be performed in a hospital and both in-person counselling and waiting periods have different associations with abortion timing based on race and income-to-poverty status. Predicted abortion timing for black and Hispanic women differs based on state laws and their income-to-poverty status, while for white women, models show that the association between state laws and abortion timing is not dependent on their income-to-poverty status. Overall, this research illustrates the relevance of state-level abortion laws for shaping abortion timing among women, highlighting how these relationships differ across racial and socioeconomic groups in the United States.
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