Which States Will Restrict Abortions? Predictions from Votes in the House of Representatives |
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| Authors: | Stephan F. Gohmann Robert L. Ohsfeldt |
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| Affiliation: | Stephan F. Gohmann is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Louisville. His research interests include the effects of abortion and other inputs on infant health outcomes, health economics, and private label pricing.;Robert L. Ohsfeldt is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama a t Birmingham. His research interests include health economics and health services research. |
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| Abstract: | In response to the Supreme Court's rulings in Webster v. Reproductive Services and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, which increased the ability of states to restrict abortions, many state legislatures have reexamined their abortion policies. Several recent studies use a variety of methods to predict whether states will restrict abortion access. These studies have utilized congressional votes on abortion legislation, past state laws restricting abortions, or current attitudes by state legislators and governors. Each method has its merits and limitations. This paper uses recent votes in the states' House of Representatives pertaining to abortion issues to predict the likelihood of significant abortion restrictions. These results are compared with rankings from other recent studies. |
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