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Race, Restrictive State Abortion Laws and Abortion Demand

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A disproportionately large number of abortions are performed on black and Hispanic women. This study empirically investigates whether restrictive state abortion laws differentially affect the abortion demand of white, black and Hispanic women for the year 2005. A state Medicaid abortion funding restriction significantly decreases the abortion rate of all three races. However, Hispanic women’s abortion demand is more sensitive to a Medicaid funding restriction than either white women or black women. Parental involvement laws and mandatory counseling laws have no significant impact on the abortion rates of the three racial groups. Two-visit laws are associated with a significant decrease in the abortion rate of white women, but have no significant effect on the abortion rates of black and Hispanic women. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

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  • Marshall Medoff, 2014. "Race, Restrictive State Abortion Laws and Abortion Demand," The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer;National Economic Association, vol. 41(2), pages 225-240, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:blkpoe:v:41:y:2014:i:2:p:225-240
    DOI: 10.1007/s12114-014-9183-0
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