The effect of abortion restrictions on the timing of abortions
Journal of Health EconomicsPublished 1 November 2001
Marianne Bitler, Madeline Zavodny
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State-level data from 1974 to 1997 indicate that adoption of parental involvement laws for minors or enforcement of mandatory waiting periods is positively associated with the post-first trimester percentage of abortions, but autocorrelation-corrected specifications indicate that enforced parental involvement Laws increase the share of later-term abortions by lowering the first trimester abortion rate rather than by delaying abortions.
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This paper uses data on the distribution of abortions by weeks of gestation to examine the relationship between abortion restrictions and the timing of abortions. State-level data from 1974 to 1997 indicate that adoption of parental involvement laws for minors or enforcement of mandatory waiting periods is positively associated with the post-first trimester percentage of abortions. However, autocorrelation-corrected specifications indicate that enforced parental involvement laws increase the share of later-term abortions by lowering the first trimester abortion rate rather than by delaying abortions. Medicaid funding restrictions generally do not have a significant effect on the timing of abortions in our results.
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