Friday, May 27, 2022

Abortion Restriction Harms Poorer Women Most, Puts Women in Poverty

It's empirically clear that cutting off abortion access for more women would mean widening already stark economic and racial disparities for generations to come.

Those women denied an abortion were four times as likely to be living in poverty years later.

For children born, there's a literature shows that there are detrimental effects on children's outcomes. When they grow up, they're less likely to attain higher education themselves, they're more likely to be involved in crime, have lower adult earnings.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/05/27/1099739656/do-restrictive-abortion-laws-actually-reduce-abortion-a-global-map-offers-insigh