Did parental involvement laws grow teeth? The effects of state restrictions on minors’ access to abortion

Did Parental Involvement Laws Grow Teeth? The Effects of State Restrictions on Minors’ Access to Abortion

IZA DP No. 10952 AUGUST 2017 Did Parental Involvement Laws Grow Teeth? The Effects of State Restrictions on Minors’ Access to Abortion* We compile data on the locations of abortion providers and enforcement of parental involvement laws to document dramatic increases in the distances minors must travel if they wish to obtain an abortion without involving a parent or judge. Between 1992 – the yea...

Laws Requiring Parental Involvement to Obtain Abortion and Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Minors

Research Program. We thank John Deke for a careful review of the draft of the report and Alexander Persaud for his valuable project management assistance. We also thank Karla Schmitt from the Florida Department of Health for helping us secure the data for the analysis and Ruoding Disclaimer. The content of this publication does not necessarily reflect the views of the Robert Wood Johnson Founda...

Minors' behavioral responses to parental involvement laws: delaying abortion until age 18.

CONTEXT Prior research on the effect of laws mandating parental involvement in minors' abortions has failed to examine an important behavioral response to such laws: Older teenagers may delay an abortion until age 18; for some, this may mean terminating a pregnancy after the first trimester. METHODS Statewide data were obtained on abortions in Texas in 1997-2003. Analysis of relative rate rat...

Do Laws Requiring Parental Involvement to Obtain an Abortion Help Reduce STIs Among Minors?

A competing theory of teen reproductive behavior argues that teens give little consideration to the costs of an unwanted pregnancy when deciding to have sex. Under this model, changes in laws that alter the price of accessing reproductive health services have little effect on sexual activity. It is only after an act of unprotected intercourse or contraceptive failure—when faced with an unwanted...

Mother, may I?: ramifications for parental involvement laws for minors seeking abortion services.