1) Access to abortion care is a major public policy problem in the U.S. Many states restrict access to abortion through laws and measures that threaten women's reproductive rights. This paper will examine the abortion debate in the U.S. beginning with the Rowe v. Wade Supreme Court decision of 1973 and how its ambiguous wording allowed anti-choice groups over the subsequent decades to gradually enact restrictive policies on the state level that disproportionately disadvantage low-income women. This underscores that lack of abortion access is an issue of economic justice.
2) This issue affects all women seeking abortion care, but it affects low-income women disproportionately. Some of the state laws restricting abortion access, for example, …show more content…
Health care providers who perform abortions are also important stakeholders. The number of abortion providers and locations where abortion care is available has been steadily decreasing in the U.S., and fewer clinicians are willing or able to provide abortion care due to state restrictions on scope of practice (allowing only doctors to perform abortions rather than advanced-practice clinicians such as NPs). The larger community is also an important stakeholder. More children for women (and men) can create higher unemployment, and a greater reliance on public assistance. Pro- and anti-choice groups are ideological …show more content…
This would allow for greater physical access to abortion, more providers who provide abortion care, and potentially decrease instances of violence and harassment toward women and providers because the facilities would not be stand-alone women's health clinics.
7) One of the most effective ways in which to measure this recommended policy alternative would be to compare the instance of abortion providers per state pre- and post policy implementation. Additionally, if such information could be gathered, numbers of abortions performed based on race and income could be measured pre- and post policy implementation. Finally, unemployment rates and reliance on public assistance in areas historically affected by lack of abortion access could be
2) This issue affects all women seeking abortion care, but it affects low-income women disproportionately. Some of the state laws restricting abortion access, for example, …show more content…
Health care providers who perform abortions are also important stakeholders. The number of abortion providers and locations where abortion care is available has been steadily decreasing in the U.S., and fewer clinicians are willing or able to provide abortion care due to state restrictions on scope of practice (allowing only doctors to perform abortions rather than advanced-practice clinicians such as NPs). The larger community is also an important stakeholder. More children for women (and men) can create higher unemployment, and a greater reliance on public assistance. Pro- and anti-choice groups are ideological …show more content…
This would allow for greater physical access to abortion, more providers who provide abortion care, and potentially decrease instances of violence and harassment toward women and providers because the facilities would not be stand-alone women's health clinics.
7) One of the most effective ways in which to measure this recommended policy alternative would be to compare the instance of abortion providers per state pre- and post policy implementation. Additionally, if such information could be gathered, numbers of abortions performed based on race and income could be measured pre- and post policy implementation. Finally, unemployment rates and reliance on public assistance in areas historically affected by lack of abortion access could be