Impact of abortion law reforms on health services and health outcomes in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review

F Ishola, UV Ukah, BY Alli… - Health Policy and Planning, 2021 - academic.oup.com
While restrictive abortion laws still prevail in most low-and middle-income countries (LMICs),
many countries have reformed their abortion laws, expanding the grounds on which abortion …

TRAP'd teens: Impacts of abortion provider regulations on fertility & education

KM Jones, M Pineda-Torres - Journal of Public Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
Following the 2022 decision of the US Supreme Court, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health
several US states have severely restricted or eliminated access to abortion. To shed light on …

The unintended effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders on abortions

F Marquez-Padilla, B Saavedra - Journal of Population Economics, 2022 - Springer
We study the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and of government mandated mitigation
policies on the number of abortions performed by Mexico City's public abortion program. We …

Texas Senate Bill 8 significantly reduced travel to abortion clinics in Texas

MS Andersen, C Marsicano… - Frontiers in Global …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The Dobbs v. Jackson decision by the United States Supreme Court has rescinded the
constitutional guarantee of abortion across the United States. As a result, at least 13 states …

Abortion legalization in Uruguay: effects on adolescent fertility

W Cabella, C Velázquez - Studies in Family Planning, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Latin American and Caribbean adolescent fertility rates are among the highest
in the world: about 1.7 million children are born to teen mothers every year, and most of …

The maternal and infant health consequences of restricted access to abortion in the United States

G Gardner - Journal of Health Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
Since the recent US Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health
Organization, people across the country have experienced large sudden changes in their …

Does Abortion Liberalisation Accelerate Fertility Decline? A Worldwide Time-Series Analysis

JJ Fernández, D Juif - European Journal of Population, 2023 - Springer
Since WWII, the two most important global trends in family planning have been fertility
decline and abortion liberalisation. But are they related? Specifically: Does abortion …

The impact of HIV/AIDS on marriage in the early years of the epidemic

H Shahid - Health Economics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The advent of the HIV/AIDS crisis transformed the desirability of committed heterosexual
relationships. This paper employs a difference‐in‐differences approach to investigate the …

The Economics of Abortion Policy

D Clarke - 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
This article provides a review of the economics of abortion policy. In particular, it focuses on
the determinants of abortion reform, as well as the effects of abortion reform on individual …

Do all roads lead to the same destination? Proximity to abortion providers, abortions, and their conditions in Portugal

A Melo - Journal of Population Economics, 2024 - Springer
In Portugal, 65% of gynecologists conscientiously object to performing abortions, limiting the
provision of abortion services across the country. This paper exploits quasi-random variation …