Abortion bans destroy the lives of women
These findings may not be surprising, but they are extremely important:
This paper had everyone at NBER talking this week. Amazing natural experiment, important results!
"The Impact of Denying a Wanted Abortion on Women and Children" by @juliana_londono & EstefanÃa Saraviahttps://t.co/R6IxPc1ZuA pic.twitter.com/MPJZ6d7mv3— Jennifer Doleac (@jenniferdoleac) July 26, 2024
It’s convenient that Trump has put J.D. Vance on the ticket to vividly remind people that the brutalization of women isn’t an incidental byproduct but a central goal of laws banning abortion. It’s also not a coincidence that the states that make it the hardest to get abortions do the least to help pregnant women, parents and children — it’s all a seamless web.